The ancient city of Shusha, regarded as Azerbaijan’s cultural capital, became a meeting point for some of the world’s leading journalists, media executives, policymakers, and technology experts over the weekend as the Fourth Shusha Global Media Forum ended with renewed conversations on media credibility, artificial intelligence, international cooperation, and Africa’s place in global governance. For two days, nearly 30 international
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Journalists, diplomats, communication experts, and civil society leaders from current and former colonial territories converged in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday for an international conference examining how the media can advance global decolonisation efforts and amplify the voices of Indigenous peoples and communities seeking self-determination. The conference, themed “Media and Decolonization: Raising Voices, Amplifying Narratives,” was organised by the Baku Initiative
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In this interview with DARE AKOGUN, the Immediate past President of the Fisheries Society of Nigeria and ECOWAS Coordinator for Non-State Actors in Fisheries and Aquaculture, Dr. Adegoke Agbabiaka, speaks on why Nigeria’s fisheries sector is underperforming despite its enormous natural resources. The latest FAO report shows that global fisheries and aquaculture production has reached a record high of 235 million
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Nearly every government on Earth has arrived in Geneva to answer one question that could define the next century: Who should govern artificial intelligence and who gets to decide? When I asked Google’s Gemini to imagine me on the cover of the TIME100 AI issue alongside some of the world’s leading AI pioneers, it wasn’t an exercise in vanity. It
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For decades, Nigeria has pledged to end routine gas flaring and cut methane emissions. Yet, in the oil-producing communities of Rivers State, residents continue to pay the price with their health, livelihoods, and lives. From children battling chronic respiratory illnesses and persistent skin diseases to mothers mourning infants lost after breathing complications, DARE AKOGUN investigates the human cost of this
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The Lagos State Office of Climate Change and Circular Economy has announced plans to host the maiden edition of the Climate Finance Preparedness Clinic as part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s climate finance ecosystem and unlock investments for sustainable development. The two-day clinic, scheduled to hold from July 15 to 16, 2026, is aimed at bridging the gap between circular
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The floodwaters may have receded after days of torrential rain, but the devastation they left behind remains. Thousands of Lagos residents are still counting their losses as submerged homes, damaged vehicles, contaminated surroundings and disrupted livelihoods paint a grim picture of the deluge’s aftermath. While officials attribute the flooding to Lagos’ low-lying topography and the effects of climate change, many
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Human-induced climate change has more than doubled the number of dangerous humid heat days recorded across the world since the 1970s, exposing hundreds of millions of people, including Nigerians, to heightened risks of heat-related illnesses and death, a new report has revealed. The analysis, released on Wednesday by a US-based independent group of scientists and communicators under the aegis of
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The UN humanitarian agencies have said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) incident manager
Nuclear power is a solution to climate change because it is the largest source of low-carbon energy that produces minimal greenhouse gas emissions and can help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide
As part of it’s aim at cutting down greenhouse gases and replacing it with cleaner sources of energy, the governor of Lagos State South West Nigeria Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the arrival
Adetokunbo Abiola Methane continued its upwards emissions spiral, as it recorded its fourth highest annual increase in 2022, rising by 14 parts per billion to 1,911.9 ppb in the past year, faster
The value of Nigerian soya beans in the global market has reached N462.2 billion ($ 1.18 billion) due to huge production which has led to the exportation of the according to recent
A new report from the UN Climate Change shows that countries are bending the curve of global greenhouse gas emissions downward but underlines that these efforts remain insufficient to limit global temperature
Dare Akogun is a media innovator, strategic communication professional, and climate and energy transition journalist with over 11 years of impactful contributions to the media industry.
