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 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,…

By: Abudu Olalekan It’s becoming a pattern. A hard one to ignore. For the third year in a row, President Bola Tinubu won’t be at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Instead, Vice President Kashim Shettima is leading the delegation. Again. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar isn’t letting it slide. He’s demanding an…