Extreme Weather to Intensify Dramatically in Next Two Decades, Research Suggests
Nearly three quarters of the global population can expect strong and rapid changes in extreme temperatures and rainfall in the next 20 years unless greenhouse...
Month : September 2024
Lagos Warns Solid Mineral Stakeholders Against Environmental Pollution
The Lagos State Government has called on solid minerals stakeholders in the sector to avoid practices that can lead to environmental pollution. Speaking at a...
Nigeria, China Sign $3.3 Billion Brass Industrial Park Deal
Nigeria, China have signed a $3.3 billion deal to develop the Brass Industrial Park and Methanol Complex, in Bayelsa State. The Director of Information and...
Deadly Fuel Tanker Explosion Kills Over 50 in Nigeria
A fuel tanker collided head-on with another truck in Nigeria on Sunday causing an explosion that killed more than 50 people, the country’s emergency response...
EU Monitor: June-August 2024 Was Record-Breaking Hot
The 2024 northern summer saw the highest global temperatures on record, beating 2023’s high and making this year likely Earth’s hottest ever recorded, the EU’s...
China Records Hottest August in Over 60 Years
China logged its hottest August in more than six decades last month, its national weather service said, after the country endured a summer of extreme...
WHO, Africa CDC Unveil Mpox Outbreak Response Plan
The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization on Friday launched a continent-wide response plan to the outbreak...
Floods Displace Nearly 1 Million in West Africa
Recent heavy rains and floods across Mali, Nigeria and Niger have forced nearly 950,000 people from their homes. NGO Save the children alerted Friday (Sep....
FG: NIN Mandatory for 50kg Rice Purchase at N40,000
The Federal Government has announced that only buyers with National Identification Numbers would benefit as it commenced the sale of 30, 000 metric tonnes of...
NEMA Issues Flood Warning for Seven States
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has called states in the central and southern regions of the country brace up for imminent floods that would...