By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent WIDESPREAD RAINFALL and thunderstorms are forecast to persist across Nigeria through Wednesday, with the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (Nimet) warning of possible flash floods in several regions and advising heightened vigilance from residents and emergency responders. The agency’s weath...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THUNDERSTORMS AND widespread rain are expected across much of Nigeria from Monday to Wednesday as the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) released a fresh weather forecast warning of unstable atmospheric conditions. The outlook anticipates cloudy skies with morning thunderstorms over parts o...
By Olamide Martins Ogunlade and Esi-Ife Arogundade THE THEME, Beat Plastic Pollution, for this year’s World Environment Day resonates deeply, considering the menace of plastic to our environment. Every year, the United Nations (UN) designates the month of June to awareness of the importance of a healthy environment. The United Nations Environ...
By JKNewsMedia NIGERIA’s FIRST Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has urged a nationwide commitment to ending plastic pollution, spotlighting youth as key drivers of environmental change. Marking this year’s World Environment Day under the global theme “Ending Plastic Pollution,” she called for urgent, united efforts to combat what she described a...
By JKNewsMedia A FORCEFUL campaign against plastic pollution is reshaping the environmental future of one of Africa’s largest megacities, shifting from grim statistics to bold reforms. To commemorate June 5 World Environment Day, Lagos says it is rewriting its environmental legacy with its forceful campaign against plastic pollution, moving fr...
By Joke Kujenya COASTAL CITIES across Southern Europe and North Africa face rising urgency over tsunami preparedness, with new warnings from United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) experts. The UN oceanographic body alerts that an impending tsunami in the Mediterranean is no longer a remote risk but a statist...
By Joke Kujenya MORE THAN fifty African journalists gathered virtually for two days to strengthen their skills in climate change reporting, as the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition pushed for continued Afrocentric storytelling and renewed its demand for climate reparations for the Global South. Held between 22 and 23 April, the tr...
By Ogunlade Olamide and Esi-Ife Arogundade THE FANTASY that natural resources are inexhaustible and are always renewable, despite the overwhelming amount of waste generated has been dispelled by the alarming decline of our environmental health. The global waste crisis is staggering. Annually, it is on record that more than 2 billion tons of mu...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter AT LEAST 15 million Nigerians face the looming threat of flood disasters this year, according to Vice President Kashim Shettima, who warned of the potential devastation during a national workshop on disaster preparedness in Abuja. Addressing participants at the one-day Validation Workshop on the Ant...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter ONCE AGAIN, Bayelsa State is under threat as swelling riverbanks and intensified rainfall signal the arrival of yet another hazardous flood season. With southern coastal states facing early downpours and surging water levels, concerns are growing fast across low-lying communities already feeling th...
