Environment

Climate

Africa losing 5% of GDP annually to climate-related disruptions – UN

Eric Ojo -
African economies lose up to 5% of Gross Domestic Product on average annually because...
Climate

COP29: AFDB wants African countries’ GDP calculation to reflect “green wealth”

Eric Ojo -
As the world’s largest annual climate conference opens in Baku, Azerbaijan, this week, the...
Climate

Extreme weather cost global economy $2 trillion in past decade

Plu Team -
Extreme weather events linked to climate change have cost the global economy over $2...
Climate

COP29 begins, IPCC unveils events at climate change conference

Eric Ojo -
Ahead of the upcoming 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework...
Climate

Pluboard gets climate award

Jane Kalu -
Pluboard has won its first award, receiving the Climate Media Spotlight award in Abuja...
Climate

Responders to Borno floods are themselves affected by crisis

Plu Team -
Flash floods throughout West and Central Africa have left more than 5 million people in need...
Climate

With tomato shortage and deadly floods, climate change alerts Nigeria

Ini Ekott -
As torrents of water surged through Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, Babakura Mustapha’s...
Climate

Nigeria floods claim 269 lives across states

Olawale Afolabi -
Heavy rains have devastated 30 of Nigeria's 36 states, with the government reporting 269...
Climate

Climate Change costing Africa billions: 2-5% of GDP spent yearly

Eric Ojo -
African countries are losing between two and five percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...
Climate

Bring the Olympic spirit to the task of saving our world

Plu Team -
By Joe Robertson If there is one image from the Paris Games that captured the Olympic spirit,...
Environment

21 Nigerian states face serious risk of flooding

Olawale Afolabi -
Twenty-one states in Nigeria are at risk of severe flooding as the rains enter...
Wildlife

A crocodile that terrorized a town is cooked and eaten by residents

Glory Okah -
An Australian community has retaliated against a giant saltwater crocodile by cooking and eating...
Environment

Nigerian govt’s ExxonMobil-Seplat move raises community clean-up fears

Glory Okah -
The Nigerian government's move to eliminate the final hurdle preventing ExxonMobil from selling its...
Climate

Climate funds to Nigeria and others send billions back to wealthy countries

Glory Okah -
Wealthy countries are earning billions of dollars on funds they send to low-income countries...
Environment

Investigation launched after Shell’s Bayelsa gas plant fire

Plu Team -
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) says the fire that erupted after explosions...
Environment

Nigerian wins top National Geographic environmental award

Plu Team -
A Nigerian is one of five winners of the 2024 of the Slingshot Challenge,...
Pollution

Regulator ties speedy Shell, ExxonMobil exit to Niger Delta cleanup

Plu Team -
Nigeria’s petroleum regulator has handed major oil and gas companies seeking to leave the...
Climate

Oil companies hiding methane emissions from satellite monitors

Plu Team -
Oil and gas companies are likely deploying equipment to conceal the level of gas...
Environment

Environmental Champions: Meet winners of the 2024 Goldman Prize

Plu Team -
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, which honours...
Pollution

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé are biggest plastic waste polluters – global study

Glory Okah -
Fifty-six companies led by Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestlé are responsible for more than half...
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