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,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was meant to touch down in Nigeria this weekend. That’s the plan people heard. But plans change, fast. A last-minute shift in his travel schedule has pushed his return to Tuesday instead, and as of Sunday morning nobody’s really saying why. Tinubu left Nigeria on August 30 for London, what the…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal New York, September 20, 2026 — The road to COP31 is not only being mapped out by governments. Business leaders are getting involved too. More than 300 senior executives are expected in New York on Tuesday, September 22, as the COP31 Business Forum holds its New York Dialogue, bringing together companies,…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal New York, September 24, 2026 — Climate plans are being made. The harder part is getting them financed and implemented. That was the message from the COP31 Presidency at New York Climate Week on Thursday, as it unveiled two major initiatives aimed at helping countries move from climate commitments to projects…
