By: Abudu Olalekan Volunteer community rangers risk everything protecting Ekuri Forest in Cross River State. Their fight against illegal logging continues without government support. Just before the sun climbs over the hills, Festus Olory pulls on his old green shirt, grabs his machete and disappears into the mist. Another day. Another patrol. No salary. No…
By: Abudu Olalekan Inside the huge, noisy halls of COP30 in Brazil, the news that dropped at the end felt more like a plot twist than a metadata update. After days of rumours and late‑night corridor whispers, it finally became official: Türkiye will host COP31 in 2026. And Australia, interestingly, will lead the negotiations. People…
By: Abudu Olalekan The sun was already high when we rolled into Gwadoddi village. Dust swirled around the motorcycle tyres. An old man sat on a cracked mud bench under a neem shade, fanning himself with a torn prayer booklet. Malam Gwadoddi Shehu is 89, maybe more. He doesn’t count birthdays anymore. He just remembers…
By: Abudu Olalekan Belém, November 22, 2025. The gavel fell. COP30 was over. Everyone clapped politely, then the real talk started outside the plenary hall. And it wasn’t pretty. Another climate summit, another stack of shiny new words. But when you flip through the final text looking for the bit that says “we’re actually going…
By: Abudu Olalekan COP30 Africa clean energy debate heats up as nations demand flexibility on fossil fuels amid broken climate finance promises. Is this pragmatism or a dangerous trap? The air in Belém is thick, humid, and angry. You can almost touch the tension. African delegates walk the corridors with tight jaws. They’re tired of…
By: Abudu Olalekan ECCHR files criminal complaint against TotalEnergies for alleged complicity in war crimes, torture, and enforced disappearances in Mozambique. Discover the shocking details. It starts with a massacre. A remote gas site. Civilians in metal containers. And a multinational giant now facing some of the most serious allegations in modern corporate history. On…
