By JKNewsMedia Reporter CLOUDY CONDITIONS and dust haze are expected across the country from Monday to Wednesday, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast. JKNewsMedia.com reports that NiMet’s weather outlook, released Sunday in Abuja, predicted slight dust haze over the northern region on Monday, persisting throughout the fore...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent OVER 2.5 billion litres of sachet water are consumed annually in the country, produced by more than 32,000 manufacturers, the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), has said. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the announcement came from Prof. Innocent Barikor, Di...
By Joke Kujenya THE NIGERIAN Meteorological (NiMeT) Agency has predicted dust haze across the country from Wednesday to Friday, the agency said in a release on Tuesday in Abuja. JKNewsMedia.com reports that NiMet forecast moderate dust haze with horizontal visibility between 2 and 5 kilometres over the northern region on Wednesday. It also an...
By Tanimu Yakubu THE EMMANUEL Orjih’s essay being circulated is rhetorically powerful, but its “simplicity” is achieved by subtracting the very provisions that determine the outcome. That is not clarity; it is selective accounting. Let’s dismantle the argument on its own terms—calmly, sequentially, and with arithmetic that actually follo...
By Sunday Dare AS 2025 draws to a close, President Bola Tinubu’s administration presents Nigerians with not rhetoric, but a measurable accounting of progress-one that is increasingly visible and relatable in everyday life, not just in macroeconomic charts. Year 2025 was one of deliberate, sometimes difficult, reforms. Today, those reforms are ...
By JKNewsMedia STRONGER PUBLIC health advocacy from Nigeria at the global level earned rare, unified commendation on Thursday from civil society organisations working in tobacco control, as the groups urged the federal government to match its Geneva performance with firmer implementation across the country. The call followed the conclusion of...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PROGRESS IN Nigeria’s tobacco control efforts formed the core of the country’s presentation at the ongoing 11th Session of the Conference of Parties to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Geneva, where the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfar...
By Fatima Idera, JKNewsMedia GROWING CRITICISM met the launch of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, as the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition issued a firm rejection of the proposal, describing it as a dangerous attempt to financial...
By Joke Kujenya CORPORATE INFLUENCE is poised to challenge the 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in Geneva, as Big Tobacco sets its sights on inter-governmental negotiations coinciding with the treaty’s 20th anniversary. Experts warn that without rigor...
By Joke Kujenya NIGERIA’s VICE-President Kashim Shettima’s call for new financial systems to “harness the economic value of nature” has drawn sharp condemnation from leading climate justice groups, who describe the proposal as an attempt to commodify the environment and distort the principles of true climate justice. Speaking in Belém, ...
