The issuance of Environmental Impact Assessment certificates by state governments is illegal, the Federal Government has said. It stated this following the rising cases of issuance of EIA certificates by different agencies of state governments, stressing that it was the sole responsibility of the Federal...

…As Adeosun opens London trading Kemi Adeosun, the minister of Finance, last Friday opened the London Stock Exchange (LSEG) to celebrate the business ties between Nigeria and UK, while promoting the 3rd ‘London and Lagos Capital Markets in Partnership’ conference. The minister, who was joined by...

The Federal Government has issued guidelines on the felling of trees and exportation of wood. The Director of Forestry, Federal Ministry of Environment, Phillip Bankole, made this known recently while announcing the suspension of the ban on wood exports. Some of the guidelines include the issuance...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbanjo has warned that the Federal Government would no longer tolerate the current theft and illegal refining of crude oil in the Niger Delta. Representing President Muhammadu Buhari at the launch of “Clean-Up of Ogoniland’’ at Bodo, Gokana Local Government of Rivers, Osinbanjo...

The Federal Government will create more than 50,000 jobs through its ‘waste to wealth’ programme, Minister of Environment, Ms. Amina Mohammed has said. The government also plans to generate other jobs through the clean-up of Ogoniland in Niger Delta and the Great Green Wall...

Recently, the Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, announced that President Muhammadu Buhari was set to launch the cleanup of Ogoniland very soon.The minister made the announcement during her courtesy visit to the Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike, reiterating that Ogoniland would be the first...