By Joke Kujenya FAILURE TO act on climate change is now claiming millions of lives every year, according to the 2025 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change released in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). The report warns that the world’s overreliance on fossil fuels and slow adaptation to rising global temperatures ...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter WEATHER CONDITIONS across Nigeria are expected to fluctuate over the next few days as the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) issues a comprehensive forecast warning of dust haze, sunshine, and thunderstorms across several regions of the country. The advisory urges residents, commuters, and businesse...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter SEVERAL PARTS of Lagos State were severely affected by flooding on Wednesday following the all-day heavy rainfall that submerged streets and disrupted movement across the city. Residents reported difficulties leaving their homes and navigating major routes as floodwaters blocked traffic and rendered veh...
By Joke Kujenya ESCALATING CLIMATE extremes are driving the world into a deepening water crisis, with catastrophic floods, prolonged droughts, violent storms, and accelerating glacial loss striking at rates described as abnormal and increasingly severe. This warning comes from the State of Global Water Resources 2024 report issued by the Worl...
By Hope Gift, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NIGERIAN Meteorological Agency has issued a weather outlook warning of thunderstorms and rainfall across the country between Monday and Wednesday. According to the forecast released on Sunday in Abuja, isolated thunderstorms with moderate rainfall are expected on Monday morning over Kaduna, Gombe, Bauchi...
By Joke Kujenya HEALTH MINISTERS from across Africa have converged on Lusaka for the 75th Session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa, where the continent’s fragile health systems face a convergence of challenges threatening their foundations. The three-day session, which runs from 25 to 27 August, is hosted b...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THUNDERSTROMS, HEAVY rains, and significant flood risks are expected across several regions of Nigeria from Monday to Wednesday, according to the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) in its latest weather outlook released on Sunday. The agency urgently advised residents, emergency services, an...
By Joke Kujenya EARTH’s NATURAL systems are under mounting pressure from unsustainable consumption; Population Matters has stated in a press release highlighting the Year 2025 Earth Overshoot Day. The group also warned that humanity is using natural resources 80% faster than the planet can regenerate, citing Global Footprint Network data show...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE NIGERIA Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has issued a fresh flood alert for 198 local government areas across 32 states and the Federal Capital Territory, warning of high to very high flood risks between 7 and 21 August. In an official statement referenced 32-25-003-06, NIHSA Director G...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent Heavy rainfall forecast over a five-day period is expected to cause flooding across 19 states and 76 locations, according to a nationwide alert issued by the Federal Ministry of Environment through its National Flood Early Warning Systems Centre. The centre stated that the forecast covers Augus...
