By: Abudu Olalekan The 20 prospective corps members who were released by suspected kidnappers on Wednesday have been offered the chance to do their national service in any of the six South-West states. It’s a little relief for families who, just days ago, were living in fear over the fate of their children. A parent…
By: Abudu Olalekan Nigeria has formally submitted its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, fulfilling one of its statutory obligations as a Party to the Convention. For a country already battling rising floods, desertification, drought and extreme heat across several states, the…
By: Abudu Olalekan Twenty-five names. That’s what the Nigerian Air Force released on Monday, after a military aircraft crash in Igbokoda, Ondo State, left nobody alive to tell the story. Five of them were crew. The other twenty were passengers — all of them on board when the plane went down. It was supposed to…
By: Abudu Olalekan Nigeria wants its carbon market taken seriously. And it is betting on data to get there. Mrs. Omotenioye Majekodunmi, Director General of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), said as much in Abuja on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at a high-level roundtable her office put together with the European Union. The…
By: Abudu Olalekan The 20 prospective corps members who were released by suspected kidnappers on Wednesday have been offered the chance to do their national service in any of the six South-West states. It’s a little relief for families who, just days ago, were living in fear over the fate of their children. A parent…
By: Abudu Olalekan Nigeria has formally submitted its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, fulfilling one of its statutory obligations as a Party to the Convention. For a country already battling rising floods, desertification, drought and extreme heat across several states, the…
By: Abudu Olalekan Twenty-five names. That’s what the Nigerian Air Force released on Monday, after a military aircraft crash in Igbokoda, Ondo State, left nobody alive to tell the story. Five of them were crew. The other twenty were passengers — all of them on board when the plane went down. It was supposed to…
By: Abudu Olalekan Nigeria wants its carbon market taken seriously. And it is betting on data to get there. Mrs. Omotenioye Majekodunmi, Director General of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), said as much in Abuja on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at a high-level roundtable her office put together with the European Union. The…
By: Abudu Olalekan The Visionary Initiatives for Educational Revitalization and Advancement (VIERAA) has launched its Eco-Club programme in two schools in Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area of Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State, marking the beginning of its planned expansion of environmental education and climate change awareness among schoolchildren. The first launch took place at…
By: Abudu Olalekan Visionary Initiatives for Educational Revitalization and Advancement (VIERAA), a Nigerian non-governmental organisation focused on education and climate change, has launched its VIERAA Eco-Club initiative in schools in Lagos State as part of its efforts to promote climate-change awareness and environmental education among young people. The Eco-Club programme begins today, October 2, 2026,…
