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, ...
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...
