The Nasarawa State Government has reiterated its commitment to ensuring a cleaner and healthier environment through its monthly sanitation exercise, emphasizing the initiative’s significance for public health and safety. The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Barrister Isaac Danladi, made this known during the March 2025 sanitation exercise in Lafia, the state capital. Danladi, who actively participated in the exercise,
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Water is an essential resource for daily life, and its availability, accessibility, and quality significantly impact public health and economic activities. However, in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, residents continue to face challenges related to water supply, prompting concerns over reliability, affordability, and quality. An Online Survey conducted by Sobi FM among residents across various residential areas, as part of
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A coalition of civil society organisations has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the water sector and ensure broad public participation in developing plans to achieve universal access to clean water. The call was made during the public presentation of a report titled Dry Taps: A Damning Verdict on the State of Water Utilities
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Germany’s Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, has stated that European industries could benefit from a potential rollback in climate-policy collaborations by the new US administration under President Donald Trump. Baerbock made this assertion while speaking at the 11th Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD) in Berlin, an international forum that brings together global energy transition stakeholders, including government officials and business leaders.
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Berlin is set to host the 11th Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD), one of the world’s most influential platforms on global energy transition. The two days high-profile event, scheduled to take place at the Federal Foreign Office, between Tuesday March 19 and Wednesday March 20, 2025 will bring together over 2,000 participants from more than 100 countries, including government officials,
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A new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) has warned that sluggish progress and inadequate financing in decarbonizing the building sector could derail global climate goals. The *Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction 2024-2025* – titled *Not Just Another Brick in the Wall* – was released on Monday,
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For one hundred and five thousand dollars, people can purchase the citizenship of Nauru, an island nation spanning eight square miles in the southwest Pacific Ocean, and get opportunities for visa-free access to eighty nine countries, including the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, and United Arab Emirates. For $200,000, one can purchase the citizenship of Dominica, an island nation 29 miles long and
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The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Simon Stiell, has described the newly agreed annual climate finance goal of $300 billion as a critical step toward driving concrete actions in the global fight against climate change. The UNFCCC in its latest update covering key developments from October to December 2024, including COP29 in Baku
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The UN humanitarian agencies have said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) incident manager
Nuclear power is a solution to climate change because it is the largest source of low-carbon energy that produces minimal greenhouse gas emissions and can help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide
As part of it’s aim at cutting down greenhouse gases and replacing it with cleaner sources of energy, the governor of Lagos State South West Nigeria Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the arrival
Adetokunbo Abiola Methane continued its upwards emissions spiral, as it recorded its fourth highest annual increase in 2022, rising by 14 parts per billion to 1,911.9 ppb in the past year, faster
The value of Nigerian soya beans in the global market has reached N462.2 billion ($ 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.
