November 22, 2023
Nigeria: Gas Flare - NUPRC Warns Oil Producers Against Frustrating Climate Action Plan
The commission will activate the necessary provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 and enabling regulations to ensure faithful implementation of the programme. Read more »
November 21, 2023
Africa: Climate Change - an Urgent Threat to Pregnant Women and Children
The document is titled Protecting maternal, newborn and child health from the impacts of climate change. Read more »
November 20, 2023
Nigeria: Global Warming - Why Countries Must Go Further Than Current Climate Pledges
September was the hottest recorded month ever, with global average temperatures 1.8°C above pre-industrial levels. Read more »
November 11, 2023
Nigeria: COP28 - Nigeria Constitutes Committee
Vice-President Shettima urged members of Nigeria's COP28 adhoc committee to come up with a roadmap that would enable Nigeria benefit maximally from its participation at the… Read more »
November 02, 2023
Nigeria: Climate Adaptation Finance Gap 50% Bigger Than Thought
"We are in an adaptation emergency. We must act like it. And take steps to close the adaptation gap, now..." Read more »
October 27, 2023
Nigeria: COP28 - Premium Times' Journalist, 20 Others Win Fellowship to Dubai
According to Climate Tracker, the selected climate journalists have emerged with stories to tell and to cover COP28 in Dubai from 30 November - 12 December 2023. Read more »
October 26, 2023
Nigeria: Rice Farmers Celebrate Bumper Harvest After Adopting Climate-Smart Technologies
A participant noted that continuous planting of cereals over the years is taking a lot of nutrients from the soils. Read more »
Nigeria: Amidst Extreme Climatic Events, Rice Farmers Commence Paddy Harvesting
Rice and maize are major staple foods (grains) widely consumed across many households in Nigeria. Read more »
Nigeria: Premium Times Journalist, 14 Others Trained On Climate Reporting
The 15 journalists participated in a three-day capacity-building workshop in Abuja to strengthen media capacity for better climate change reporting. Read more »
October 23, 2023
Nigeria: Climate Change - Niger State Mulls Carbon Credit Market Establishment
Governor Umar Bago said there is free money in the global credit market but that the state must aggregate all its forests to tap into that income stream. Read more »
October 22, 2023
Nigeria: Why Nations Must Stop Playing Politics With Climate Change - Expert
"Climate change is a life or death matter and should not be seen as an opportunity for politicking or for economic speculation," Nnimmo Bassey, Director of the Health of Mother… Read more »
October 18, 2023
Nigeria: Climate Change - Nnimmo Bassey, Henshaw, Others Advocate Cultural Preservation, Storytelling for Social Impacts
The event had creatives, storytellers, movement builders, and community organisers, to discuss climate change issues and to share ideas that target the development of collective… Read more »
October 09, 2023
Nigeria: Solid Minerals Will Promote Climate Change - Alake
Mr Alake stated that Nigeria has been operating a mono-cultural economy for long, noting that the shift to solid minerals is overdue. Read more »
October 10, 2023
Nigeria: NiMet Forecasts Heavy Rainfall in Many States This Week
Low to moderate rainfall should be expected over Ogun, Lagos, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Benue, Gombe, Borno and Adamawa State. Read more »
October 08, 2023
Nigeria: Expect Floods in Nine States, NEMA Alerts Nigerians, Says 28 Dead So Far
Mustapha Ahmed, Director General, NEMA, disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja when he briefed journalists on the release of water from the Lagdo dam. Read more »
October 05, 2023
Nigeria: What Nigeria Is Doing to Fulfil Climate Pledges - Climate Council Chief
"Only three countries have climate change specific legislation in Africa of which Nigeria is one." Read more »
October 04, 2023
Nigeria: Group Takes Climate Change Awareness Campaign to Abuja Communities
The climate change sensitisation campaign is part of activities mapped out under the organisation's "African Activists for Climate Justice" project. Read more »
October 03, 2023
Nigeria: Shell Data Under Scrutiny as Methane Emissions Rise
With over a third of methane emissions stemming from fossil fuels production and operation, oil majors - led by Shell - publicly claim to be reducing their methane pollution. Read more »
October 02, 2023
Nigeria: Several Nigerian States to Experience Heavy Rainfall in Next Three Days - NiMet
The heavy rainfall can cause flash flooding, riverine flooding, soil erosion, thunder and lightning, and strong winds Read more »
September 27, 2023
Africa: Top Africa Climate Agency Names Osinbajo Its New Chairman
The agency's work is shifting the narrative from Africa being a victim to solution to climate change - Osinbajo Read more »
September 26, 2023
Nigeria: Flood - NEMA Distributes Relief Materials to Households in Enugu
"It is important that we acknowledge that President Bola Tinubu has made a commitment to continue to support the states that are going through flood-related matters through NEMA." Read more »
September 20, 2023
Africa: UNGA 78 - African Nations Will Fight Climate Change On Their Terms - Tinubu
The President says to achieve the needed popular consensus, the Climate change campaign must accord with overall economic efforts. Read more »
Nigeria: Residents Count Losses As Flooding Wreaks Havoc Across Lagos
Flooding, from heavy rainfall recorded between 8 and 16 September in different parts of Nigeria's commercial capital city, has wreaked havoc on infrastructure, businesses and… Read more »
September 17, 2023
Nigeria: Residents Beg Governor Abiodun As Flood Wreaks Havoc in Ogun
Residents say many of them have fled their homes after their properties were submerged by rainwater. Read more »
September 12, 2023
Nigeria: Climate Change - Dangote Steps Up Efforts to Reduce Green House Gas Emission
"To mitigate gaseous emissions from our production process, our new plants are designed to be resource and energy-efficient." Read more »