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Nigeria submits updated NDC, new climate plan wins UN backing

Nigeria, along with Eswatini, Jordan, Tunisia and Honduras, submitted its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

Nigeria’s health financing: Lessons from Canada’s $32.5bn tobacco settlement

Nigeria’s decision to earmark SIN taxes – levies on alcohol, tobacco, and sugary drinks – for health financing, signals a firm commitment to prioritising citizens’ health....

World Cleanup Day: YASIF, others want reorientation to strengthen Nigeria’s waste sector

The Young Advocates for a Sustainable and Inclusive Future (YASIF), the Federal Ministry of Environment, and civil society groups have called for a wide...

UNGA 2025: Nigeria activates empowerment of 10m women

The Federal Government of Nigeria says it has activated the economic empowerment of no fewer than 10 million women to achieve its one trillion-dollar...

Lokoja varsity commits to checkmate flood, erosion in Nigeria

The Vice Chancellor, Federal University Lokoja, Prof. Olayemi Akinwumi, says the institution is committed to checkmating the reoccurrence of flood and erosion affecting many...

How Africa Nature Investors is restoring hope for Nigeria’s National Parks – Morakinyo

Nigeria is often associated with bustling cities and rapid development but hidden within its borders are vast and fragile wilderness areas that hold some...

Stakeholders decry Nigeria’s low climate investment

The revelation that Nigeria only invested 19% in climate finance despite receiving a staggering $4.928 billion between 2015 and 2021 to carry out various...

Nigeria reaffirms commitment to Ogoni clean-up

The Minister of Environment, Malam Balarabe Lawal, on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, in Abuja reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to addressing environmental degradation in...

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Professionals tasked to be dedicated, innovative on preserving forests, addressing climate change

Director-General, Federal College of Forestry, Ibadan, Prof. Zachariah Yaduma, has said enormous challenges facing the world in preserving forests...
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Failure of REA boss to appear before Reps described as ‘disrespectful’

The House of Representatives committee on Renewable Energy has mandated the Managing Director, Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Abba Aliyu, to...

CSOs demand reform of Cross River forestry laws to curb deforestation, empower communities

Civil society organisations (CSOs) in Cross River State have declared as obsolete the state’s forestry laws, citing this as reason...

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Professionals tasked to be dedicated, innovative on preserving forests, addressing climate change

Director-General, Federal College of Forestry, Ibadan, Prof. Zachariah Yaduma,...

Failure of REA boss to appear before Reps described as ‘disrespectful’

The House of Representatives committee on Renewable Energy has...
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