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- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 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…
- 23 Jan 2017
NITDA Inaugurates National Committee on IT Standard ‘COBIT5’
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) inaugurated the Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT 5) National Implementation Committee at the NITDA…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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
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…
- 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…
- 14 Feb 2014
FG to Sanction Telcos over Environmental Impact Assessment
The Federal Ministry of Environment has said it will soon commence imposition of sanctions on telecom operators that violated Environmental Impact Assessment regulations in the country. This is…
- 18 Feb 2014
Operators, Customers Prefer QoS to Sanctions-ATCON
Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), said that both operators and customers are weary of incessant threats by government agencies to sanction telecom operators in the…
- 6 Feb 2017
NITDA Seeks Curriculum Review for National ICT Development
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has commenced process of engaging the National Universities Commission (NUC), the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and other…
- 21 Jun 2024
MAN Seeks Harmonisation of Regulatory Agencies
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has urged for an end to the activities of multiple agencies hurting their businesses, urging the government to fix the overlaps by harmonizing regulatory…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 4 Jun 2012
Social Pressure Impact on Quality of Service Delivery
Unstable power supply remains the major challenge on improving service delivery. In spite of the fact that prize of diesel has stabilized since last year the burden is now…
- 26 Nov 2025
IXPN Boss Champions Green Procurement to Safeguard Nigeria’s Digital Future
As Nigeria’s digital ecosystem experiences explosive growth, the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) has issued a critical warning to the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector:…