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- 31 Aug 2010
Telcos Berates Nesrea for Shutting Down BTS
The manner with which some telecommunications operators’ base stations were shut down by the National Environmental Standard and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Nesrea) last week has been…
- 27 Jul 2018
Court Says NESREA Has Authority to Enforce EIA
Federal High Court in Port-Harcourt has ruled that the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) is the only body statutorily vested with the authority to enforce…
- 30 Nov 2022
NESREA DG to keynote @2022 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue
Prof. Aliyu Jauro, Director-General of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the 2022 ITREALMS E-Waste…
- 28 Aug 2012
Nesrea’s Stand on Base Stations -Eze
Eunice Eze, is Lagos State coordinator of National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Nesrea). She spoke about her agency’s activities, the fight against sub-standard…
- 28 Dec 2020
e-Waste: NESREA Regulation Provides for EPR says DG
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has said that its 2011 regulations on Electrical/Electronic was based on life cycle approach and has provision on…
- 22 Jun 2026
NESREA Defends Plastic Waste Rules, Says Policy Targets Pollution
National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), has said that the National Environmental Plastic Waste Control Regulations 2026 are aimed at tackling pollution and…
- 16 Jan 2020
NESREA Raises Concern Over Danger of E-waste
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), has raised concern over the danger of e-waste, saying it increases susceptibility to health conditions. Aliyu Jauro,…
- 10 Apr 2026
NESREA, ACMTI, Others Launch Carbon Utilisation Initiative in Nigeria
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), in collaboration with the Africa Carbon Management Technology & Innovation (ACMTI) and the Clean Energy…
- 27 Nov 2020
NESREA Partners UN to Clear 300,000 Tonnes of eWaste in Lagos
National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) is to collect over 300,000 tonnes of e-waste in Lagos. This is part of the project on circular economy approaches for the…
- 23 Mar 2025
NESREA Urges Nigerians to Dispose Batteries Properly to Avoid Hazards
National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has urged Nigerians to dispose of used batteries responsibly to prevent environmental and health hazards. Innocent…
- 17 Dec 2020
NESREA, EPRON, NUJ Commend ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue
Prof. Aliyu Jauro, director-general of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), and Mrs Ibukun Faluyi, executive secretary, E-Waste Producer Responsibility…
- 29 May 2013
NESREA Seals Globacom’s Base Station in Plateau
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), has sealed one of the Globacom's base stations in Plateau State for not adhering to its regulations. The sealed base…
- 15 Oct 2020
NESREA Says E-waste Can Create Job Opportunities
Prof. Aliyu Jauro, Director-General, National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), has said that E-waste business would create job opportunities and promote…
- 9 Apr 2013
NESREA Threatens Sanctions for Environmental Defaults
Dr. Ngeri Benebo, director general, National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has said that the agency will sanction organisations that failed to adhere to the…
- 21 Sept 2010
Nesrea Shutdown of BTS Affects Service Quality- Alton
Telecommunications operators under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (Alton) has said that it could no longer guarantee quality of service in some…
- 25 Nov 2025
E-Waste Dialogue: Ugbechie warns against Nigeria’s ‘disposal culture’, demands bigger NESREA enlightenment budget
Mr Ken Ugbechie, Publisher of Political Economy and immediate past Vice President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), has warned that Nigeria’s rising “disposal culture” is…
- 3 Jun 2013
Natcoms Decries Nesrea’s Closure of Glo Base Station
Deolu Ogunbanjo, National President, National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS), has decried the closure of Globacom base station in Plateau state by National Environmental…
- 19 Nov 2025
NESREA, NCC, ALTON, NLNG Lead Stakeholders to ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue 2025
A powerful and necessary coalition of Nigeria's foremost environmental, telecommunications, and energy stakeholders is set to convene for the 2025 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue. The annual event, hosted…
- 21 Nov 2025
Nigeria’s E-Waste Crisis Demands Unified National Action – NESREA
Nigeria's spiraling electronic waste problem has reached a critical juncture, demanding immediate, unified national action from all stakeholders, from top regulators to individual digital citizens.…
- 1 Mar 2010
Nesrea Gives Telcos Ultimatum on Mast
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency has given telecommunication operators in the country up to May 24 this year to submit comprehensive audit reports of…
- 15 Jun 2021
FG Strengthens Electronic Waste Management Enforcement
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) is working in collaboration with the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) to effectively drive regulation of…
- 21 Sept 2010
As Stakeholders Await New Study on Health Impacts of Telecom Equipment
Telecommunications operators in the country are having long running battle with the National Environmental Standard and Regulatory Enforcement Agency, (Nesrea) over what it terms environmental and…
- 7 May 2012
ICT As A Tool in Solving Global Health Challenges
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and its sister agency from Ministry of Environment, National Environmental Standard and Regulatory Enforcement Agency, (Nesrea) are engage in a battle over…
- 22 Feb 2013
FG Sends E-waste Laden Vessel Back To UK
National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has sent note of warning to countries that view Nigeria as e-waste dumpsite by sailing back to the United Kingdom a…
- 30 Apr 2012
When Two Elephants Fight over Telecom Regulation
The environment for compliance in Nigeria’s ICT industry can best be described as a tempest—a stormy outpouring of legislation and regulations requiring that companies protect…
- 24 Nov 2021
Stakeholders’ Engagement Critical for Regulatory Agencies – DG NITDA
To further underscore the role of data of various kind as the ‘new oil’ in our emerging digital economy, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, the Director General, National Information Technology Development…
- 14 Sept 2009
NCC Re-assures on Safety of Telecom Equipment
Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, executives vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission has said that the commission will not relent on environmental impact assessment of all mast and base stations on the…
- 29 Jun 2010
Telecom Equipment and Human Environmental Issues
The rapid deployment of digital mobile services across the country and speed at which they are being subscribed to, has demonstrated the importance of information and communications technology…
- 7 May 2012
Ekweremadu, DSP @ BOICT, Flays NCC/NESREA Spat
Senator Ike Ekweremadu, deputy president of the Senate, has said that the recent spat in public between Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Environmental Standards and…
- 1 Jun 2017
FG, MTN in Court over Mast Installation in Niger
A Federal High Court sitting in Minna, Niger State, is currently hearing a case of illegal installation of mast instituted by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation against telecom…