Environment
Disasters Environment

Explosion kills 1 pupil, injures10 in Kaduna

  From Our Correspondent An explosion in Kidandan village of Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State has killed one pupil of an Islamiyya school while ten others have reportedly been injured. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, announced this in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna. Aruwan said relevant security […]

Read More
Environment Politics

Land Reclamation: Usurping the Rights of Lagos Indigenes

*** De Renaissance Patriots Cry Out Indigenes of Lagos State are gradually wising up and ostensibly opening their eyes. They are beginning to realise that, since the return of democracy in 1999, non-indigenes have been depriving them of opportunities to govern their state as guaranteed by the Constitution. They are now crying out against the […]

Read More
Environment Mortgage

FG reviews conditions, procedures for sale of houses

From Our Correspondent  The Federal Government is reviewing the conditions and procedures for the sale of houses under the National Housing Programme (NHP). The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Mamuda Mamman, announced this in a press statement at the weekend in Abuja. “The ministry is currently in the process […]

Read More
Disasters Environment

LASEMA records 1,461 emergency incidents in 2023

By Our Correspondent The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says the state recorded 1,461 emergency incidents in 2023. Mr Nosa Okunbor, the Head of the Public Affairs Unit of LASEMA, announced this in a statement emailed to TheNewsZenith on Sunday in Lagos. According to Okunbor, it is the statutory responsibility of LASEMA to respond, […]

Read More
Ecology Environment

Anambra warns residents against environmental pollution

From Our Correspondent The Anambra State Government has urged residents of the state to desist from acts capable of polluting the environment, the State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Felix Odimegwu said. TheNewsZenith reports that Odimegwu made the call in a statement in Awka on Thursday. He stated that the burning of tyres and other non-biodegradable […]

Read More
Disasters Environment

EFCC arrests Halima, National Coordinator of NSIPA

From Our Correspondent The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained the suspended National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, Halima Shehu. EFCC arrested Shehu in connection with the ongoing probe into about N37.2 billion allegedly laundered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, under former Minister, Sadiya […]

Read More
Environment National

Great Dutse water project dear to my administration – Namadi

From Our Correspondent Gov. Umar Namadi of Jigawa State, says the completion of the multi-billion Great Dutse Water project is uppermost in his mind and that his administration is committed to its realisation. Namadi made these remarks when a technical team from the Federal Ministry of Water Resources paid him a courtesy visit, on Tuesday, […]

Read More
Disasters Environment Foreign News

Landslides kill 40 following heavy rains in DR Congo

At least 40 people died in the floods and landslides following heavy rains that hit Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday night. Local authorities said they found at least 20 people dead in Bukavu and 20 dead bodies in the surrounding village of […]

Read More
Climate Change Environment Foreign News

ACMI collaborating with Nigeria, others on carbon market

By Abdulfatah Babatunde Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI) is actively collaborating with Nigeria and six other African countries to develop robust Carbon Market Activation Plans (CMAPs). TheNewsZenith reports that the countries are Nigeria, Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, DRC, Ghana and Rwanda, This is contained in a statement from the African Communication Group (ACG) and e-mailed to […]

Read More
Disasters Environment

Flooding impacts 16,000 families, 6,000 farmers in Lagos – NEMA

By Our Correspondent No fewer than 16,000 families suffered the consequences of flooding in Lagos State in 2022, according to data released by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Ibrahim Farinloye, Coordinator of NEMA in Lagos, said in a state also that 6,000 farmers lost seedlings and farm produce. In the statement, mailed to TheNewsZenith, […]

Read More