Climate Change

When the Taps Run Dry: Inside Abuja’s Quiet Water Emergency Lower Usuma Dam, a major water source for Abuja

Lower Usuma Dam, a major water source for Abuja

When the Taps Run Dry: Inside Abuja’s Quiet Water Emergency

Oluwatobi Adu February 17, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – On a warm afternoon in Kpana village, Jabi, Mrs. Blessing waits patiently beside her...

Nigeria’s Oil Sector Emerges Major Methane Polluter in Africa Gas flaring and methane emissions in Nigeria’s Niger Delta

Gas flaring and methane emissions in Nigeria’s Niger Delta

Nigeria’s Oil Sector Emerges Major Methane Polluter in Africa

Oluwafunbi Bello January 30, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s oil and gas industry ranks among the largest sources of methane emissions in...

From Deluge to Reckoning: How Nigeria’s Deadly 2025 Floods Exposed a Climate System Built to Fail Flooded street in Lagos as NiMet issues heavy rainfall and flood warning

Flooded street in Lagos as NiMet issues heavy rainfall and flood warning

From Deluge to Reckoning: How Nigeria’s Deadly 2025 Floods Exposed a Climate System Built to Fail

Oluwafunbi Bello January 24, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – When floodwaters tore through Nigeria in 2025, sweeping away homes, livelihoods and lives, the...

Heat, Homecomings and Hope: A Nigerian Christmas Road Diary Defying the Seasons Early morning festive travellers departing Abuja on Christmas Eve.

Early morning festive travellers departing Abuja on Christmas Eve.

Heat, Homecomings and Hope: A Nigerian Christmas Road Diary Defying the Seasons

Oluwatobi Adu January 9, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – At 4:00 a.m. on Christmas Eve, Abuja was unusually quiet. The familiar thrum of...

WHO Warns Poor Waste Management Driving Global Health Crisis WHO and Bayer representatives reaffirming global health partnership on neglected diseases

WHO and Bayer representatives reaffirming global health partnership on neglected diseases

WHO Warns Poor Waste Management Driving Global Health Crisis

Oluwatobi Adu December 16, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organisation warns that poorly managed solid waste is fuelling a growing...

Nigeria Begins Mid-Term Review of ACReSAL Project Officials at ACReSAL mid-term assessment meeting in Jos

Officials at ACReSAL mid-term assessment meeting in Jos

Nigeria Begins Mid-Term Review of ACReSAL Project

Oluwafunbi Bello December 9, 2025

JOS, Nigeria – Nigeria launches a comprehensive mid-term assessment of the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL)...

COP30: Climate Crisis Drives Global Health Emergency – WHO Warns WHO Report Warns Climate Change Is Now a Global Health Emergency

WHO Report Warns Climate Change Is Now a Global Health Emergency

COP30: Climate Crisis Drives Global Health Emergency – WHO Warns

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius November 15, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – A new joint report by the World Health Organisation, the Government of Brazil and...

Nigeria, California Ink Deal to Tackle Climate, Boost Trade Nigerian and California officials signing a climate and trade partnership agreement at COP30 in Brazil

Nigerian and California officials signing a climate and trade partnership agreement at COP30 in Brazil

Nigeria, California Ink Deal to Tackle Climate, Boost Trade

Oluwafunbi Bello November 13, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria and the U.S. State of California have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding...

Amnesty Warns Fossil Fuels Causing Global ‘Silent Health Pandemic’ Amnesty International report links fossil fuel pollution to global health crisis

Amnesty International report links fossil fuel pollution to global health crisis

Amnesty Warns Fossil Fuels Causing Global ‘Silent Health Pandemic’

Juliet Jacob November 12, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Amnesty International has declared that the world is facing a “silent public health pandemic”...

Group Seeks Climate-Resilient Solutions for Niger Delta Flooded Niger Delta community affected by oil pollution

Flooded Niger Delta community affected by oil pollution

Group Seeks Climate-Resilient Solutions for Niger Delta

Oluwafunbi Bello November 2, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Oilwatch International has urged the Federal Government to adopt long-term climate adaptation and environmental...