Former Governor of Abia State and Senator representing Abia Central, Chief Theodore Orji, has refuted reports linking him to fraudulent dealings involving a firm, Effdee Nigeria Limited, describing the claims as false and malicious. In a statement issued by his liaison office and made available to journalists, Senator Orji said the publication, which alleged his involvement in financial impropriety, was
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The Nigerian government has announced a renewed commitment to activating the Climate Change Fund (CCF), a vital financial mechanism aimed at driving Nigeria’s green transition and enhancing its climate resilience framework. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, disclosed this in Abuja during a strategic meeting with the Director-General of the Nigeria Climate Change Council
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The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has announced that this year’s Desertification and Drought Day, marked globally on 17 June, will focus on accelerating land restoration efforts and boosting the burgeoning land restoration economy. The 2025 commemoration holds the theme: “Restore the Land, Unlock the Opportunities”, highlighting the vast economic and environmental benefits of reviving degraded land. Ibrahim
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The Chair of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), Mr. İsmail Belen has briefed Permanent Missions in New York on the ongoing preparations for the Forum’s twentieth session (UNFF20), scheduled to hold from 5 to 9 May 2025 at the UN Headquarters. At a virtual briefing held on 4 April, Mr. Belen outlined the key organizational and thematic priorities
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As the world grapples with growing inequalities, climate-induced crises, and deepening debt burdens particularly across Africa global leaders and former heads of state are sounding a unified alarm: the time has come to radically overhaul the international financial system. At the 2025 Annual Policy Dialogue of the Club de Madrid, held for the first time on African soil in Nairobi,
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Following the overhaul of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to enhance operational efficiency, restore investor confidence, and make the company more commercially viable, a new Group Managing Director has been appointed for the national petroleum conglomerate. He is Engr Bashir Bayo Ojulari. A seasoned engineer with expertise in petroleum, process, and production engineering, with over three decades experience
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The management and staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) have welcomed the appointment of a new Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), Bayo Ojulari, and a new Board of Directors by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Olufemi Soneye, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPC Ltd., expressed the company’s appreciation for the
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A coalition of 29 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from 13 countries has called on Armenia to coordinate its mining activities with Azerbaijan, citing severe environmental damage to transboundary rivers in the South Caucasus region. The appeal, addressed to the Secretariat of the Espoo Convention and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), was made public on Wednesday. The coalition, led by the
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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.
