Environment

Members of the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) Abuja Chapter have recommended the use of Sinoma products by stakeholders in the building industry for their construction projects. Chinese firms Sinoma New Material Nigeria Company Limited and Sinoma FABCOM Limited specializes...

Stakeholders back afforestation for charcoal trade, export           By Adebola Adegoke/Mariam Akande   The National Association of Charcoal Producers, Dealers, Exporters and Afforestation of Nigeria (NACPDEAN) and stakeholders have stressed the need for aggressive afforestation and reforestation in sustaining the charcoal sub-sector.   They made...

NBTE, institute partner to begin diploma in solar tech       By Fabian Ekeruche   Asteven Energy Institute is partnering the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to issue a National Innovation Diploma (NID) in Solar Energy Technology.   The institute made the disclosure at a...

Prof. Ibrahim Choji, CSDevNet Chairman of board of trustee and new board member, Prof. Ibitoru Hart   The Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet), a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) has appointed Prof. Ibitoru Hart as one of its board members to...

Experts have called for effective ways to dispose wastewater, because it was the leading cause of surface and ground water pollution. Some Environmental and Health experts told the our correspondent that safe disposal of wastewater remained a serious...

The Bauchi State Environmental Protection Agency (BASEPA), says it has confiscated and auctioned 3,290 bags of charcol between Jan. and Sept. 2021. Mr Ibrahim Kabir, Director General of the Agency, made the disclosure in an interview with our correspondent in...

Some experts have decried what they called disappearing zoo culture in the country, attributing it to poor maintenance of most zoological gardens and the current state of the nation’s economy. Answering questions during a survey with our correspondent, the experts...

Mr Mohammad Audu, the newly elected Chairman of the Nigeria Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS), Yobe Chapter, has pledged sound programmes to fast track mineral exploration in the state. Audu made the pledge in Damaturu on Wednesday when he paid...

A fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Mr Sunday Egbiki, has raised an alarm that 31 Nigerian cities risk being washed away by flood. Egbiki, a lecturer in the Maritime University, Delta...

Mr Gideon Shenge, General Manager, Benue State Water Board, says lack of customers is delaying the commencement of water metering the state. Shenge told our correspondent on Monday in Makurdi, that the government had...