Month: January 2021

There is no doubt that humanity is today facing an existential threat due to Climate Change and its impact on humanity. The post Combating climate change with tree planting appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World Read More

Federal government is set to commence construction of solar power plant at Kumbotso, Kano State to bridge shortage of energy supply from the national grid. The N4 billion critical project will form the construction and stallation of 10 megawatt Solar Read More

Until the COVID-19 pandemic, the formula for reduced, competitive, and sustainable production cost scheme in Nigeria seemed evasive. With the reality of low oil prices and uncertainty The post Strengthening Nigeria’s quest for cost reduction from barrel to pump appeared Read More

Compared to $595 billion in 2019, crude oil export revenues of members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for 2020 could decline to $323 billion, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), said in a new report, noting Read More

Amid sharp decline in LNG utilisation rates in many parts of the world last year, gas exports from West African producers, especially Nigeria, showed some resilience in 2020, trading 27.6 billion cubic feet (bcm) of gas equivalent to the total Read More

Despite decades of sluggish progress, Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) currently being debated by the National Assembly may take the country backward, especially as countries across the world prepare for zero-carbon. The post ‘Why PIB may fail to address critical Read More

Buoyed by reports that about 1.5 billion face marks made it into the planet’s oceans last year, environmentalists have urged the Lagos State government to initiate campaigns The post Experts task Lagos on proper disposal of facemasks appeared first on Read More

Nigeria’s Conservationists have expressed concerns that the growing appetite for bushmeat among urban residents in Nigeria and surrounding countries threatens the wildlife population and increases the risk of zoonotic disease transmission. They called for the implementation of demand reduction and Read More

To protect the global environment from excessive heating, the United Nations Secretary-General, Anthonio Guterres has stressed the need for countries to embrace renewable energy. He said building a global coalition for carbon neutrality by mid-century would be the UN’s central Read More

Electricity Generation Companies in the country (GenCos) have said Nigeria can generate 30,000 megawatts of electricity, meeting an earlier target set by the Federal Government. The post Nigeria can generate 30,000MW of electricity by 2030, say GenCos appeared first on Read More