Friday, 10 January, 2025

Category: Environment


The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said that the state will commence the implementation of its anti-open grazing law next month. Soludo stated this on Saturday, during a meeting with members of the Anambra State Cattle Menace Committee, Read more…


Several Russian soldiers involved in the military operation in Ukraine have been hospitalized with severe chemical poisoning, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. Traces of Botulinum toxin Type B, which is an “organic poison of artificial origin,” have been discovered in Read more…


A former president of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), Ledum Mitee, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to restate his commitment to the clean-up of the polluted Ogoni environment in Rivers State. Mitee, in a statement Read more…


Kiev is holding all of Europe hostage by carrying out strikes on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday, noting that the situation around the facility is growing increasingly dangerous due to heightened activity from Ukrainian forces.   Read more…


Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has called on Western governments to sanction Russia’s nuclear industry over Moscow’s supposed “nuclear terrorism.” Meanwhile, Ukraine is accused of shelling a nuclear power plant controlled by Russia.  In a Twitter post on Sunday, Zelensky said that he Read more…


Germans should cut energy consumption by at least 20% to avoid gas shortages this coming winter, Klaus Mueller, the head of Germany’s federal regulator for gas and power networks, has told Welt am Sonntag newspaper. “Consumers have to save at Read more…


Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra says his administration has engaged the services of 31 contractors to keep the state clean. Soludo made the disclosure in a statement signed by Mr Christian Aburime, his Press Secretary in Awka on Saturday. The Read more…


Commuters making use of the Onitsha-Owerri Road, in Anambra on Thursday battled gridlock, bad condition of the road and extortion in navigating to their various destinations. The early morning rainfall compounded the woes for road users as it made motoring Read more…


The UK government has drawn up emergency energy plans under which citizens could be asked to switch off their lights and turn down their thermostats to avoid blackouts this winter, the Telegraph has revealed. The plans would be enacted in Read more…


The European Union is seeking additional gas supplies from Nigeria as the bloc prepares for potential Russian supply cuts, Matthew Baldwin, deputy director general of the European Commission’s energy department, said on Saturday. Baldwin was speaking in Nigeria where he Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Clean Nigeria Campaign(CNC) has taken her advocacy against open defecation to Nnewi, Nnewi North Local Goverment Area of Anambra State. At Nnewi North Local Goverment Area Secretariat, the visiting team was received by Mrs Maduka Helen, the Read more…


A leading automation and control solutions provider in Africa, Fuelmetrics Limited, has developed Gensys, a solution for tracking and managing consumption of fuel. The company’s Head of Marketing, Folake Opanubi, explained that the Gensys solution was designed to help users Read more…