New GEF Financing Propels Progress To 2030 Goals
The Global Environment Facility’s governing body has agreed to provide $261 million across its family of funds for efforts to propel international environmental goals, including...
Category : Environment
World Environment Day 2025 Mobilizes Commitment, Action To End Plastic Pollution Globally
Communities, civil society, businesses, and governments around the world today marked World Environment Day under the theme #BeatPlasticPollution, with official celebrations held in the Republic of Korea’s...
Kogi Gov Activates Action On COP29 Outcome, To Set Up Climate Change Agency
BY OJO SAMSON AYOMIDE Kogi State is set to strengthen its commitment to environmental sustainability with plans to establish a dedicated Climate Change Agency. Governor...
African Mining Leaders Call for Bold Policy Reforms at Mining in Motion 2025
African mining ministers from Ghana, Liberia, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) emphasized the need to review and reform Africa’s mining codes during...
WNTD 2025: CAPPA Commends Ado-Ekiti’s Smoke-Free City Declaration
As the world marks World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 2025 with the theme, “Unmasking the Appeal: Exposing the Tobacco Industry’s Tactics”, Corporate Accountability and Public...
Minister Alake Reveals How Mining Reforms Yielded Increased Revenue, $800m DFI For Nigeria
Nigeria’s solid minerals sector, driven by the Tinubu administration’s new policy of local value addition and a tightened licensing regime, attracted over $800 million in...
Northern Nigeria Receives Investment Worth $5m In Solar Projects From Canada, IFC
BY OJO SAMSON AYOMIDE The International Finance Corporation (IFC), in partnership with the Government of Canada, has invested $5 million in Husk Nigeria to support...
CAPPA Slams Lagos Govt For Signing Water MOU That Lacks Transparency
BY ADENIJI SAMUEL ADEKUNLE Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has expressed deep concern over a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Lagos State...
Earth Day 2025: Cyklop Launches Initiative To Plant 1,000 In 13 Countries
Cyklop, a global packaging leader, is partnering with Evertreen to plant 1,000 trees in 13 countries as a major Earth Day 2025 initiative. Evertreen is an international organization...
Relections: A Decade Without Oronto Douglas – A Call To Immortalise Oronto In The Niger Delta And Nigeria
BY IPIGANSI OKUMO “Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands...