The Federal Government has issued a flood alert, saying 14 states and 31 communities may witness heavy rainfall that could lead to flooding from July 4 to 8. This was contained in a statement by the Federal Ministry of Environment, a copy of which was obtained by Channels Television on Wednesday. According to the statement, the states and communities were
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Researchers from the World Weather Attribution group have said they were unable to confidently assess the role of climate change in the May 2023 heavy rainfall that led to deadly floods in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda due to a lack of weather station data and the inability of climate models to simulate the event. The result
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Mmesoma Ejikeme, a 19-year-old student, has come under fire for allegedly parading a fake Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result. Ejikeme was initially celebrated for scoring 362 in the 2023 examination, a result that would make her the highest scorer, but the board has come out to say the result she parades is false.
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OVER a hundred families were affected by a flash flood in Trademore estate in the Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday, June 23, after an intense rainfall that lasted for about 3 hours. Water surged into homes and businesses, forcing the residents to abandon their belongings and scamper for safety. This is the fifth flood incident
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that Nigeria must build at least 39 million toilets annually to end open defecation practices in Nigeria by 2025. Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) at UNICEF, Jane Bevan, while speaking at the opening of a two-day Maiden Toilet Business Owners Conference on Monday, July 3 in Abuja said the nation’s
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The Toronto School of Management (TSoM) Scholarship has been established in order to support and encourage International students and their family members to join the Toronto School of Management (TSoM) and help them to continue working to achieve their educational goals. The Sherryl Kintu Scholarship was also set up as a tribute to, and in recognition of, the passions and
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Power Africa Presidential Initiative, and the African Development Bank (AfDB), have signed an extension and expansion of their existing Regional Development Objectives Agreement (RDOAG). The move deepens the strategic partnership and expands the basis for cooperation in developing innovative and sustainable solutions to combat energy poverty, and climate change, and
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As part of its efforts to put nature on a recovery path by the end of this decade, the Global Environment Facility’s, GEF, governing board has approved plans to establish a “game-changing” new fund to finance the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The GEF Council decision, taken during a meeting in Brazil in June, clears the way for
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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.
