By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSWMO) is set to host a two-day technical workshop for sewage treatment plant operators across the state, aimed at strengthening professional capacity in the sewage management sector. The workshop, themed “Effective Operation of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs),” will hold from Wednesday, 2nd September, to Thursday, 3rd September, 2026, in partnership with the Nigerian Institution of Environmental Engineers (NIEE). It is designed to tackle the day-to-day operational challenges facing sewage treatment plants and improve their management across Lagos. Speaking on the maiden edition of the programme, the General Manager of LSWMO,…
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By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has warned politicians, political parties, support groups, advertising agencies and media owners against exposing unapproved political advertisements, describing the practice as a breach of the Nigerian Code of Advertising. The warning was contained in a notice dated Monday, 31 August, 2026, signed by the council’s Director-General, Dr Olalekan Fadolapo, and shared via the official X handle of the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, @FMINONigeria. ARCON said its attention had been drawn to the activities of politicians, political parties, support groups, advertising agencies and media owners engaged in…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Nollywood actor and comedian, Arole, has urged Nigerians to focus on the lives they impact and the people they help rather than the material wealth they accumulate. Arole made the call in a post on his X handle,@OfficialARole, on Monday, 31 August, 2026 stressing that a person’s true legacy is measured by the positive difference made in the lives of others. “Life is not about what you have!!!!! It’s about what you give!!!!!” he wrote. He asked his followers to reflect on the number of lives they had impacted and people they had helped, rather than…
Nigeria is betting about $1 billion on its forests, seeking to turn the country’s growing environmental challenges into an economic opportunity through a 10-year strategy targeting massive forest restoration, new green jobs, sustainable agriculture and increased climate investment. The plan, known as the Securing Nigeria’s Forest Future (SNFF) Country Package, was launched on Tuesday, 1 September, 2026, in Abuja by the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, with strong support from the European Union, Germany and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). Under the framework, Nigeria aims to mobilise approximately $1 billion in blended finance, restore two…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has deepened his administration’s intervention in healthcare delivery with the commissioning and handover of a newly constructed 42-room patients’ apartment to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Maiduguri. The facility, built and funded by the Borno State Government, is intended to provide accommodation for relatives and visitors of patients receiving treatment at the tertiary health institution, particularly those who travel from distant parts of the state and neighbouring communities. Commissioning the facility, Zulum said the intervention was part of his administration’s broader commitment to improving healthcare infrastructure and ensuring that patients and their…
Environmental crimes have become more sophisticated, profitable and destructive over the past 18 years because governments have failed to muster the political will, resources and coordination needed to tackle them, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has warned. In a new report, Crimes that Affect the Environment – Still a Critical Threat to Our Future, released on Tuesday, the London-based organisation said environmental crime should no longer be treated as a collection of isolated regulatory violations but as a major form of transnational organised crime driving climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss. The warning comes 18 years after EIA’s landmark 2008…
A three-year international manhunt for two Nigerian nationals accused of running financially motivated sextortion schemes against American minors has ended with their transfer from Nigeria to the United States, where they now face federal charges carrying potential life imprisonment. The U.S. Department of Justice said Adebola Festus Adekunle, 26, and Mudasiru Afeez Olawale, 24, were extradited from Nigeria to the United States on August 27 after their arrests in Nigeria in August 2023 during an FBI operation targeting sextortion networks allegedly operating from the country. The development represents a significant expansion of Nigeria-U.S. law-enforcement cooperation against transnational cyber-enabled crimes, particularly…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has warned security agencies, rehabilitation centres and other institutions against violating the fundamental rights of persons affected by drug dependence, declaring that drug use does not strip anyone of their dignity, right to healthcare or protection under the law. The Commission said on Monday, 31 August, 2026 that Nigeria must move beyond treating drug dependence solely as a law-enforcement challenge and adopt a health-centred and human-rights-based approach to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and recovery. Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Dr Tony Ojukwu, stated this in Abuja at a two-day workshop organised in partnership with the…
The United Nations has declared that Nigeria’s quest for food security, economic transformation and climate resilience will remain incomplete unless women farmers are given greater access to land, finance, technology, markets and decision-making opportunities. The UN made the position on Monday, 31 August, 2026 in Abuja at a press conference to mark the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026, warning that millions of women who constitute a critical force in Nigeria’s agrifood system continue to face structural barriers limiting their productivity and economic power. The organisation said the 2026 International Year must move beyond celebrating women farmers to concrete…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, yesterday ordered the immediate rebuilding of critical infrastructure in Mallam-Fatori, Abadam Local Government Area, as part of efforts to accelerate the return and resettlement of residents displaced by years of Boko Haram insurgency. Zulum, who visited the strategic border community on a working tour, also ordered the immediate suspension of all village and ward heads in Mallam-Fatori, expressing outrage over their absence during his visit at a time when residents were returning and government was intensifying reconstruction efforts. The governor’s twin directives — reconstruction of essential public facilities and overhaul of traditional leadership…