Environment

Climate

2023 officially confirmed the hottest year on record

Olawale Afolabi -
Last year, 2023, officially dethroned 2016 as the hottest year on record, but scientists...
Climate

Explainer: What’s COP28? Here’s what you need to know

Anietie Umoren -
As the world grapples with the urgent need for climate action, the 28th Conference...
Climate

Nigeria ahead of China, others on investors’ bid for climate investing

Olawale Afolabi -
Some 95% of Nigerian retail investors are interested in investing in climate mitigation and...
Pollution

Win for Niger Delta communities as UK court allows case against Shell

Olawale Afolabi -
A UK high court has ruled that over 13,000 Nigerian fishermen can bring claims...
Environment

Nigeria deal to supply Germany more gas to cut flaring by much

Jane Kalu -
Nigerian and German companies on Tuesday signed two agreements in Berlin that include a...
Environment

South Africa blames Nigerians too for illegal mining

Olawale Afolabi -
Nigerians are amongst foreign nationals carrying out illegal mining in South Africa, the government...
Climate

Science says Nigeria faces more lightning risks. These tips can save lives

Jane Kalu -
Lightning strikes and deaths used to be relatively uncommon and not a major concern...
Climate

Inside the youth-led campaign that halted Ghana’s toxic coal project

Ini Ekott -
Chibeze Ezekiel understood the looming danger after the Ghanaian government announced the construction of a...
Pollution

Oil spill at Shell facility fouls Bayelsa community

Saviour Imukudo -
Residents of Peremabiri community in Bayelsa state's Southern Ijaw local government area say an...
Environment

Floods hit five communities in Delta state

Plu Team -
Floods have hit five riverine communities in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta...
Climate

IMF seeks more fuel subsidy cuts, says climate above consumer pain

Eric Ojo -
The International Monetary Fund is pushing for more fuel subsidy cuts, arguing that while...
Environment

Dangote coalmines hurting Nigerian communities: Residents

Olawale Afolabi -
Communities in Benue and Kogi states say activities at Nigeria's largest coalmine have polluted...
Climate

African leaders want more global taxes to fund climate action

Saviour Imukudo -
African leaders have called for more global taxes to fund climate action, saying that...
Environment

Chinese firm ‘illegally’ mines titanium in Nigerian community

Saviour Imukudo -
The Akwa Ibom state government closed a mining site on Tuesday after accusing a...
Wildlife

Nigeria seizes shark fins, donkey genitals worth N1.23 billion

Plu Team -
Nigerian authorities have seized wildlife parts worth N1.2 billion, the latest interception of such...
Pollution

Bayelsa crude oil poisoning report brings little or no hope

Ini Ekott -
Earlier this month, a fisherman reported oil leaking from an old wellhead at Okpoama,...
Pollution

Shell, Eni blamed as high levels of toxins found in humans, fish, crabs in Bayelsa

Plu Team -
By Ashoka Mukpo Oil and gas companies, led by Shell, Eni, Chevron, Total and ExxonMobil,...
Environment

Nigerians lose to Shell as UK Supreme Court rules on 2011 oil spill

Plu Team -
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that Nigerian claimants missed a six-year deadline to...
Environment

New study of chimps suggests when humans left trees

Ini Ekott -
Chimpanzees tend to sleep more on the ground than previously thought, a behavior that...
Climate

0.36% of Nigeria becoming desert yearly, driving food crisis

Plu Team -
Nigeria is losing about 0.35% of its total land area to desertification each year,...
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