By: Olalekan Abudu A swampy Amazon city, steel skyscrapers, and now… a logistical nightmare? Don’t expect compromises. Here’s the deal: Brazilian organizers insist COP30 will stay put in Belém. A document, leaked to reportersroom, reveals they’ve dismissed calls to switch venues, arguing enough beds exist—if you count cruise ships, Airbnbs, and motels. So here’s the…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal Here’s the harsh truth. Lagos residents, especially in Lekki Peninsula, are drinking what the government official himself called “shit water.” Mahmood Adegbite, a top official in Lagos State’s Ministry of Environment, didn’t sugarcoat it. Contaminated boreholes are putting people’s health at risk. But CAPPA isn’t shocked. They say this blunt admission just…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal Abuja. Tuesday. The rain had barely stopped when the city’s conference hall began to fill. Suits, traditional attires, name tags swinging as people moved from one coffee table to another. Conversations—some loud, some in whispers—were all about one thing: climate change. Sen. George Akume, Nigeria’s Secretary to the Government of the…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal Picture the year’s end: beaches swept, bins overflowing, a quiet cough in the clinic. Then a receipt you never saw—$80 billion in public cash nudging industry to make more brand‑new plastic. That’s what Eunomia, with the Quaker UN Office and support from Minderoo Foundation, found. We fund the start of the…
By: Akinde Semiu Oluwaseun Europe’s not having it. Flames lick cities and countrysides alike. France, Spain, Albania, Portugal, Greece—they’re all in this. Temperatures are spiking over 100°F. It’s wild. Wildfires? Not new here. But now. The climate crisis is turning up the heat, making everything drier, more dangerous. Imagine this: in less than two decades,…
