Image of the man in the elevator from the viral video. Photo Source: elevator. Claim: A viral video on WhatsApp, X, and Facebook claims that an electric vehicle (EV) battery caught fire inside an elevator due to a magnetic field generated when the lift doors closed, resulting in an explosion. Verdict: MISLEADING. Although the viral video of a battery
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Samuel Ogunsona, a Nigerian journalist with Irohinodua, has been named one of six recipients of the 2025 Mongabay Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship, a globally competitive programme to empower young environmental journalists from tropical countries. Mongabay, a U.S.-based non-profit environmental news platform, recently announced that Ogunsona was selected from a pool of 529 applicants worldwide. The fellowship, designed to
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DUBAWA and the Digital Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Information Disorder Analysis Centre (DAIDAC) have trained 40 selected journalists across West Africa as part of its Kwame Karikari 2025 fact-checking and Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) fellowship. The fellowship aims to combat information disorder by enhancing fact-checking, promoting media literacy, and disseminating accurate information. The fellows were drawn from different media platforms
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A rights group, the Nigerian Ethnic Nations Congress (NENCO), has cautioned against politicizing the arrest of a suspect allegedly linked to illicit arms in Delta State. In a statement signed by Dr. Irene Ene Bassey, NENCO expressed concern that some Ijaw individuals are attempting to bring politics into the issue instead of allowing the police to conduct their investigation. According
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The Association of Niger-Delta Communities (ANDC) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for launching a massive investigation into financial malpractices in the Nigerian National Petroleum Industry (NNPC). The group praised Tinubu’s courage and determination to sanitize the oil industry. In a statement signed by President Johnson Adaka and General Secretary Akpo Oghene, ANDC expressed excitement over the ongoing probe. “We
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Civil society voices from Southeast Asia have raised alarm over aggressive fossil gas expansion plans across the region, warning of grave implications for marine ecosystems and frontline communities. The call was made at a side event at the ongoing 10th Our Ocean Conference Busan, South Korea. Southeast Asia, home to some of the world’s most biodiverse marine habitats including the
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As world leaders, international institutions, and civil society actors gather in Busan for the 10th Our Ocean Conference, South Korea finds itself at the centre of growing criticism not for what it says on the global stage, but for what it is doing in its own waters. Amidst calls for stronger cooperation on climate change, marine biodiversity protection, and sustainable
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As global leaders converge at the 10th Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in Busan, South Korea, a coalition of environmental groups has sounded the alarm over growing fossil gas infrastructure threatening the biodiversity-rich Verde Island Passage (VIP) in the Philippines and the broader Coral Triangle. The Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED), alongside the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
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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.
