I remember the first time I watched a Nollywood film and felt that particular electricity that unmistakable current of recognition. The chaos of Lagos traffic rendered in full, glorious colour. A mother’s grief that needed no subtitles. A joke that landed because it was ours. Not borrowed. Not translated. Ours. For decades, we made that magic on shoestring budgets and
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The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) has closed in Nairobi with renewed global commitments to confront climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss and land degradation crises that continue to hit Africa, including Nigeria, hardest. Held at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the week-long Assembly brought together more than 6,000 participants from 186 countries,
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The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) opened on Monday in Nairobi with world leaders, ministers, civil society groups and youth delegates converging to chart new solutions for global environmental resilience. UNEA-7, hosted at the UN Complex in Gigiri, is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on environmental matters, drawing participation from all 193 UN Member States. The
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As the world braces for major disruptions driven by technology, evolving global cooperation, and the accelerating green transition, the World Economic Forum (WEF) says nations are increasingly investing in human capital as the defining lever of competitiveness. In a LinkedIn post on December 4, 2025, Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director and Member of the Managing Board of the World Economic Forum,
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Nigeria’s retail and manufacturing sectors are taking a bold step toward clean energy transition as Empower New Energy has signed two major solar project contracts with Jendol Superstores and Juddy-Bolema Industries Limited, marking another milestone in the country’s shift toward sustainable power solutions. The agreements were finalized at the sidelines of the Nordic Nigeria Connect event in Lagos, with the
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The Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, has called on member states to seize the moment and deliver “meaningful, impactful and implementable” resolutions as the seventh session of the Open-ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR-7) opened Monday in Nairobi, Kenya. Addressing delegates at the opening plenary, Andersen described the committee as “the engine beneath the
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Kenya has announced its readiness to host the Seventh Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7), positioning itself as a leading environmental voice on the continent and a key driver of global action on climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. Speaking at a media briefing in Nairobi, the country’s Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Dr. Deborah Barasa, said Kenya would
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I was born in 1985, and since then, the world has gone through four major shifts: the arrival of the internet, the rise of smartphones, the dominance of social media, and now the sweeping reach of artificial intelligence. With the first three, the pattern was familiar. The more time you spend online, the more you feel the need to step
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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.
