The Bayelsa State Government has resolved to sue international oil companies operating in the state over unmitigated oil pollution for over six decades. Governor Douye Diri disclosed this on Monday while addressing an expanded State Executive Council meeting to receive the final report of the Bayelsa State Oil and Environment Commission at Government House, Yenagoa. He stated, “After a review …

Following a surge in public complaints and in a bid to restore public sanity, the Lagos State Wastewater Management Office has sealed off public toilets at Marina Car Park, Lagos Island, for environmental violations This was disclosed in a statement shared on X.com by the Lagos State Commissioner, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on Friday. The statement …

Following a public complaint received from concerned residents, the Lagos State Wastewater Management Office has sealed off the administrative and kitchen complex of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Jesus Sanctuary, Masha, Surulere, Lagos for indiscriminate discharge of wastewater into the environment. The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Barrister Tokunbo Wahab revealed this through his X handle on …

A film producer, Tolulope Oke has decried the threats and hazards to human lives as a result of environmental pollution. Oke stated that environmental pollution through the use of pesticides has become an anomaly and it is dangerous to human existence. She said that there should be a growing awareness of evidence that chemicals from pesticides pose serious health hazards …