Nigeria Needs $336.5bn for Climate Action Over 10 Years, Says NCCC DG
The National Council on Climate Change says Nigeria will require approximately $336.5bn between 2026 and 2035 to fund climate change mitigation and adaptation programmes. Director-General of the Council, Tenioye Majekodunmi, revealed this recently saying…
El Niño, Rising Temperatures: Why Nigerians Are Struggling to Escape the Heat
Nigerians are grappling with intense heat across the country, with many describing the conditions as unbearable amid erratic electricity supply, water shortages and rising fuel costs that make cooling down increasingly difficult. The extreme temperatures…
Climate Expert Warns Gombe, Other States Face Severe Heat and Drought Risks from El Niño
A climate change expert has warned that the anticipated El Niño phenomenon could intensify heat stress, drought and food insecurity in Gombe State and other parts of Nigeria. The heat could become problematic for farmers and citizens unless preventive…
Atlantic Records Rare September Lull as 2026 Could Become First Hurricane-free Season in Satellite Era
The Atlantic has gone through its busiest month of the hurricane season without producing a single hurricane, raising the possibility that 2026 could become the first hurricane-free season since modern satellite monitoring began. September is normally…
Tinubu’s October 1 Cheap Transport Deadline at Risk as CNG Queues, N1m Conversion Costs Stall Rollout
President Bola Tinubu’s ambitious plan to deliver measurable cuts in transport costs from October 1 is running into a hard reality: in Lagos, commercial drivers are queuing for hours to refuel; in Jigawa and Zamfara, operators say there is nowhere to…
Are Mosquitoes and Climate Change in Sync?
As climate change reshapes the environment, it may also be reshaping one of the world’s oldest public health threats: the mosquito. There are warnings that rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, rapid urbanisation and growing insecticide…
Climate Change Is Becoming Africa’s Biggest Education Crisis, Leaving Teachers to Carry the Burden
Across classrooms in eastern, western and southern Africa, climate change is no longer a distant scientific theory discussed in textbooks. It has become an everyday reality shaping how children learn and how teachers teach. From prolonged droughts that…
Why Climate Change Is Stealing Our Sleep
Climate change is no longer just a story about melting glaciers, rising sea levels or extreme weather. Scientists are now warning that one of its most overlooked consequences is unfolding every night, in our bedrooms. Across the world, rising nighttime…
NiHSA Warns Flooding May Persist Till September, Says Situation Could Worsen
Avoid drinking water from open channels. It’s a warning with red lights. The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NiHSA) has warned that flooding currently affecting parts of the country may persist through September, with projections indicating a…
“We Are Driving Ourselves Toward Destruction” — Obasanjo, UN Sound Alarm on Climate Crisis Fuelled by Human Greed
Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has warned that humanity is accelerating environmental destruction through greed, negligence and the overexploitation of natural resources, insisting that climate change is fundamentally a consequence…