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As World Environment Day draws global focus to the theme “Beat Plastic Pollution”, Nigerian environmentalists say action must replace promises in the fight against plastic waste. Nigeria generates over 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, with 870,000 tonnes coming from Lagos alone, leaving the country’s cities, rivers, and drainage systems increasingly choked by single-use …

By Esther Ososanya Luxury Meets Leakage Abuja’s highbrow Asokoro district, home to state government lodges, embassies, and churches, is grappling with a growing sewage crisis that residents say threatens public health and undermines the prestige of the capital's elite zone.   Untreated wastewater has been seen flowing freely across key junctions, including the ECOWAS secretariat …

Sewage water pools along the roadside near the Catholic Church close to the ECOWAS office in Asokoro, The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, Worshippers and passersby endure foul smells and unsanitary conditions in this heavily used corridor

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