Category: Environment
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Bauchi agency seizes 3,290 bags of charcol
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 Bauchi on Wednesday. Kabir said the commodity was confiscated by the staff of the agency…
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Why Nigerians don’t go to zoos again— Experts
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 said that the poor state of the economy had compelled most Nigerians to consider visiting…
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Society pledges mineral exploration in Yobe
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 courtesy visit to the state’s Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs, Dr Garba Iliya. He noted…
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31 Nigerian cities risk flooding, experts warn
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 State, raised the alarm while delivering a lecture at a virtual/physical conference of the 2021 Engineering Week organised by the Apapa…
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Lack of customers delays metering by Benue Water Board
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 already acquired over 1,000 meters for installation. He said that the board lacked customers to commence the water metering. The general…
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Flood sacks Adamawa community, destroys 150 farmlands, 66 houses – ADSEMA
Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), says 66 houses and 150 farmlands were destroyed by flood in Lababiri village, Bakta district in Shelleng Local Government Area of the state.Dr Mohamed Sulaiman, Executive Secretary, ADSEMA, confirmed the development to our correspondent on Saturday in Yola.Sulaiman said the catastrophe occurred between Aug. 11 and 12, following uninterrupted …
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Migrating elephant herd in SW China’s Yunnan heads for home after long trek
On the evening of August 8, 14 wild elephants which had been migrating northward in southwest China’s Yunnan province crossed the Yuanjiang River safely and continued to head south, according to a press conference held recently in Kunming city, capital city of Yunnan. The elephant herd is now in a wood near Honghe subdistrict, Yuanjiang…
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NYSC launches monthly sanitation exercise in Niger
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Saturday flagged-off the nationwide monthly environmental sanitation exercise across the 25 Local Government Areas ( LGAs) in Niger. Brig.-Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, Director -General of NYSC, flagged off the monthly exercise tagged: “Clean Environment/Good hygiene; Panacea for Good Health and Long Life” at the Emir’s Palace in Minna. Ibrahim,…
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Fuelwood business thrives in Gombe — NAN Survey
The business of selling various forms of woods used as fuel for cooking is on the increase in Gombe communities, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey reveals. Fuelwood is a fuel such as firewood, charcoal, chips, sheets, pellets, and sawdust. The particular form used depends on factors such as source, quantity, quality and application.…
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Wet Season: NGO urge residents of Gombe to plant more trees
A Gombe-based NGO, Jewel Environmental Initiative (JEI), on Tuesday advised residents of Gombe State to seize the opportunity of the wet season to plant more trees in the state. Mr Ismail Bima, the NGO’s Chief Executive Officer, in an interview with our correspondent in Gombe, said with the growing threat of desertification, collective effort was…