The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (Establishment) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025 proposes significant changes to Nigeria's regulatory framework for oil spill management and environmental compliance. What new enforcement powers will NOSDRA gain, and how will financial and criminal consequences for non-compliance by operators and facility owners be strengthened?

As part of our COP28 Insights! series, listen to EP5 as Ernst Müller, Senior Associate, is joined by Dolapo Kukoyi, Detail Commercial Solicitors.

The distribution of petroleum resources has always been an issue of serious controversy in the Nigerian state under the previous petroleum regime.

Carbon credits have evolved far beyond simple environmental offsets into commercially valuable intangible assets that influence billion-dollar transactions and raise critical questions around commercial law, private property, and taxation. This examination reveals why these instruments deserve attention not merely as environmental tools, but as assets with significant legal, commercial and tax implications in modern commerce.

In October 2025, Lagos State authorities sealed multiple supermarkets for violating single-use plastic bans, marking a decisive shift from policy guidance to enforceable legal action. What does this enforcement wave mean for FMCG businesses navigating Nigeria's evolving environmental compliance landscape?

In the waning decades of the 20th century, the world stood at a crossroads, facing the mounting consequences of unchecked industrialization, environmental degradation, and widening social disparities.

The Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector increasingly faces pressure over its environmental impact, with packaging alone responsible for about 40% of global plastic waste.

As the world intensifies its efforts to combat climate change, carbon markets have emerged as a key mechanism for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Flooding remains one of the most damaging and recurrent climate-related hazards worldwide, and its frequency is projected to rise due to climate change, sea-level rise, and rapid urbanization.

Sustainable business practices Nigeria's manufacturing sector is implementing demonstrate how environmental improvements can strengthen competitiveness and profitability.

Like many other sectors in the Nigerian economy, there seems to be a myriad of regulations, laws and policies tailored toward the protection of the environment.

ESG trends Nigeria has prompted the banking sector to fundamentally restructure how it evaluates and manages climate-related risks.

Sustainable business practices Nigeria small enterprises can implement don't require massive capital investments but deliver meaningful environmental and economic benefits.

As the former UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, said ‘'Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth…these are one and the same fight''.

More than two decades after the Federal High Court's landmark ruling, the Gbemre v Shell case continues to define environmental rights litigation in Nigeria. This analysis examines how the Iwherekan gas flaring dispute established judicial precedents for linking environmental protection to fundamental human rights, and explores whether future Supreme Court clarification will strengthen or restrict these constitutional protections for oil-producing communities.

In recent years, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) has emerged as a crucial method for assessing the sustainability and ethical practices of companies and projects across various industries.

It is no longer news that full reporting and disclosure now goes beyond financial performance and position.

This piece is angled from the position that platforms for cooperation & collaboration already exist for resilience sustainability in facing climate challenges for Africa. The mission is therefore to highlight some hidden pillars that need three “As”- Activation, Advocacy and Action.

Environmental pollution in Nigeria often triggers regulatory responses, but when does it cross into fundamental rights territory? This analysis examines whether severe environmental harm—threatening health, dignity, and survival—can be legally challenged as a constitutional violation, despite the absence of an express environmental right in Nigeria's Constitution.

Nigeria's National Assembly has begun the constitutional amendment process, and as usual, all sorts of areas in the constitution have been proposed for amendment.