Category: Editorial
Nigeria must urgently tackle plastic pollution
Many Nigerians dump their refuse in open spaces, flowing gutters, streams or by burning.
Time to finally stop gas flaring
The latest report that Nigeria lost $16 trillion to gas flaring in the 10 years to 2022 highlights the prevailing national culture of waste,
Oyedele on target, sell those refineries now
Selling the refineries outright immediately to promote domestic refining is the only route to sustainably solving the refined petroleum products crisis.
Illegal pipeline: This time, unfailingly heads should roll
This time, heads should roll. Corrupt, complicit, and negligent officials and security personnel should be held responsible and visited with severe sanctions, including sackings.
Nigeria: How faulty waste processing and polluted water endanger 200 million inhabitants
Managing the waste of more than 200 million people is no joke, Nigeria produces an impressive 42 million tons of waste each year and that has had an impact on human health and the environment. Nigerian journalists Oke Peter and Damilola Shittu unravel how the defective waste disposal system and water pollution endanger Nigerian lives.
Climate change: Is Nigeria’s net-zero pledge credible?
“I do not think anyone in Nigeria needs persuading of the need for urgent action on the environment,” he said, adding: “For Nigeria, climate change is not about the perils of tomorrow, but what is happening today”. Then, he declared: “Nigeria is committed to net zero by 2060”!
Op-ed: Solving the flare gas challenge in sub-Saharan Africa
From the health of people to the health of the planet, flaring is not the right answer to the problem. It is a waste of a valuable resource that does little to boost economies or change the power situation for millions of people.
Pandemic heralds new world order for energy
Changes forced by Covid-19 may mean the global energy mix has permanently shifted in favour of lower-carbon fuels—if governments decide to support the progress, says Engie’s Laurent Nery
Paying more for darkness
“It is not true that Nigerians do not want to pay more for power but that they have been unhappy with the poor service over the years.