Tag: climate change

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YNaijaJuly 5, 2023

Lagos State Governorship Tribunal Concludes Hearing as Rhodes-Vivour Closes Case; Father of Accused UTME Candidate Denies Forgery Allegations, Calls for Fairness | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss Lagos ...

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Ado AminuOctober 27, 2021

Archbishop of Canterbury criticises Ghana anti-LGBT bill | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Across the African continent, these are the 5 stories you may have missed out on: Soldier admits role in 1987 ...

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Ado AminuAugust 9, 2021

U.N Climate Change Report sounds ‘code red for humanity,’ Several soldiers killed in northern Burkina Faso ambush | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Across the African continent, these are the 5 stories you shouldn’t miss: SADC launches military mission as Rwanda helps retake ...

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Kola MuhammedJune 9, 2021

Nigerians taking over Twitter trends across the world, Medical doctors leaving Nigeria in a hurry | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the top 5 stories that you shouldn’t miss.  Nigerians ...

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Ado AminuFebruary 23, 2021

3 young Nigerians reveal shocking takes on climate change

If you hear the names Vanessa Nakate or Greta Thunberg, does it ring a bell? If yes, congratulations you are ...

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Edwin OkoloAugust 29, 2019

Flooding: Nigeria is on the verge of yet another nationwide disaster

As a Nigerian living in Nigeria, its hard not to feel like we all suffer from collective amnesia. A collective ...

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Edwin OkoloAugust 16, 2019

Mark Ofua’s animal shelter is a reminder of the ecological cost of our lifestyles

An animal shelter in Nigeria seems a bit of a stretch, but not for Mark Ofua. For Nigerians, animals rank ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 29, 2018

5 Nigerians to attend Climate Reality Training with former US Vice President, Al Gore

The Climate Reality Project has selected 5 Nigerians Global Shapers to participate in a training program to learn about the ...

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 29, 2017

Opinion: When climate change came to Makoko

by Caleb Adebayo It is a small neighborhood, a crowded community that sits on a fetid lagoon, colored in sepia ...

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 18, 2017

Opinion: Is Nigeria paying any attention to nature’s own red lines?

by Funmilola Ajala At least for now, the gale of political implosions within Donald Trump’s White House and trading of ...

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 6, 2017

Opinion: Nigeria’s floods -A call to action on climate change

by Amusa Temitope Victor   The rains can no longer be predicted, the simple agrarian African setting is groaning. It ...

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Op-ed EditorAugust 31, 2017

Our worn out global village of landslides, floods and hurricanes

by Alexander O. Onukwue The landslides that ravaged Sierra Leone a week ago took north of 1000 lives. About the ...

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Op-ed EditorAugust 15, 2017

Opinion: Climate Change- A call to responsible living.

by Amusa Temitope Victor The Clouds are heavy, the sound of rumblings just as if the heavens are arranging the ...

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EditorAugust 8, 2017

White House reviewing report which links human activity with climate change

A climate report dubbed “the Climate Science Special Report” conducted by scientists in 13 federal agencies is under active review ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 18, 2017

Reuben Abati: Floods and the rainmakers of Lagos Island

by Reuben Abati “To live in Lagos Island, these days, one needs to engage the services of rainmakers during the ...

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EditorJuly 6, 2017

Climate Change action must go beyond Paris Accord – Macron

by Abayomi Gbadebello French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said action on Climate Change needs to go beyond the 2015 Paris ...

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ItunuoluwaJune 24, 2017

French President Macron and Arnold Shwarzenegger throw jabs at Trump in video

Governor of California and star actor of the “Terminator” film franchise Arnold Schwarzenegger posted a video on his Facebook page, ...

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ItunuoluwaJune 7, 2017

Obama confident despite “temporary lack of U.S leadership” in climate change

Barack Obama said he is very confident that the Paris climate change agreement has a chance of combating climate change ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 6, 2017

Opinion: Staring down pollution, a catalyst to combating climate change

by Amusa Temitope Victor In the running of a community in a hitch-free way, everyone has a role regardless of ...

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EzinneJune 4, 2017

Fact Check: 5 grievous lies Donald Trump told to justify America’s exit from Paris Climate Agreement

President Trump struck another item off his campaign pledge list as he finally withdrew America from the Paris Climate Accord ...

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ToluJune 2, 2017

This is what Donald Trump pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement means

President Donald Trump made a big announcement on Thursday. He pulled the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement ...

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EditorJune 2, 2017

Climate Change: Macron’s new campaign is another lesson for Nigerian youth

by Alex Onukwue Fresh from waltzing through the French elections to become the youngest ever President of France, Emmanuel Macron ...

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EditorJune 2, 2017

Should Donald Trump have considered Elon Musk and stayed with Paris?

by Alex Onukwue Among the early fallouts from the US withdrawal from the Paris Deal has been the resignation of ...

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EditorJune 2, 2017

Made-in-China wouldn’t be so bad now, would it?

by Alex Onukwue In case you have not heard, the US President, Donald Trump just dropped a ‘yuge’ fart on ...

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ItunuoluwaJune 2, 2017

Paris climate deal: U.S Buildings turn green in support of climate change

President Trump announced he was pulling the U.S out of the Paris agreement on climate change, Thursday. Several city governors ...

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ItunuoluwaJune 2, 2017

Ivanka Trump tweets her appreciation of the LGBTQ community

After observing the Jewish holiday Shavout, first daughter Ivanka Trump extended her support to the LBTQ community at the start of ...

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ItunuoluwaJune 2, 2017

Paris Accord: What was Trump thinking? Mark Zuckerberg and others ask

President Trump finally made his decision concerning the Paris Accord.announced that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate accord ...

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EzinneJune 2, 2017

The Thread: “Irresponsible” “Dark legacy” | World leaders clash with Donald Trump over Paris climate agreement

President Trump has declared America’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, which sought to bring all nations of the world ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiJune 1, 2017

I will announce my decision on the Paris Accord today – Donald Trump

US President, Donald Trump has tweeted that he would announce his decision on the international climate change agreement today. It ...

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ItunuoluwaMay 24, 2017

Trump arrives Brussels for NATO summit with 28 world leaders

President Donald Trump, who is on his first foreign trip as president of the United States, arrived Brussels for the ...

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