UN’s Damilola Ogunbiyi receives EI President’s Award

The award is given to an individual who provides solutions to global energy challenges that combat climate change

Shell taps into African solar market

The energy giant has fully acquired Nigerian solar firm Daystar Power

Force Majeure declared on Eni’s Nigerian oil flows

An oil pipeline was hit by a blast causing a spill, Eni has said

New initiative to help develop domestic CCUS market in Nigeria

The International Finance Corporation and the World Bank are working with the Government of Nigeria to produce an atlas of CO2 emission sources and potential sites for underground sequestration

Nigeria ‘first major developing nation’ to set carbon budgets

Africa’s most populous country has made the move following its pledge to achieve net zero by 2060 at COP26

EDP funds solar projects in five African countries

The funding is provided through the A2E fund and will support projects in Angola, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda and Malawi

Nigeria spill case against Shell to be heard in English courts

Case revolves around 40,000 people affected by oil pollution in the Niger Delta

Court rules Shell must pay farmers over oil spills

Shell Nigeria is liable for damages from pipeline leaks in the villages of Oruma and Goi, the Hague Court of Appeals said in a ruling

Nigeria partners with World Economic Forum to fight plastic pollution

In 2018, Nigeria was estimated to have discharged around 200,000 tonnes of plastic waste into the ocean per year, while its annual plastics production is projected to grow to 523,000 tonnes by 2022

UN, Nigeria launch $15m electronics waste initiative

Nigeria generated 290,000 tonnes of e-waste in 2017 and also remains a major recipient of used electronics from abroad