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The bodies of a prospective bride and groom were among four additional victims recovered on Tuesday from the scene of the canoe accident at Malamawar Yandutse in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State, bringing fresh grief to families and residents as recovery efforts continue. The village head of Malamawar Yandutse, Umar Habibu, confirmed the recovery of […]
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, once maintained that he would rather remain at home than accept a position in the administration of President Bola Tinubu, despite their longstanding personal relationship. Speaking during an appearance on Politics Today on Channels Television in October 2025, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain revealed that Tinubu had offered him an appointment, […]
The management of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, has said that the Vice Chancellor, Professor Ursula Akanwa, had no hand in the last recruitment exercise carried out in the university. The institution also said the Vice Chancellor did not substitute the names of employed workers, as being alleged by some job applicants. […]
The World Bank has scrapped its headline climate finance target under pressure from the Trump administration, but experts believe the survival of its wider climate programme should preserve support for clean energy and resilience in developing nations. Following tense negotiations between its government shareholders, the global lender announced this week it would extend its Climate […]
In Guatemala’s southwest region lies a large lake with a storied history. Lake Atitlán is one of Central America’s most critical local sources of drinking water, and is surrounded by volcanoes, a thriving tourism industry and an ancient Mayan culture. The Sololá region has long been home to Indigenous communities who have been attracted to […]
A new global rainforest fund, unveiled by Brazil at COP30, will likely struggle to meet its initial funding target this year, after the UK failed to announce an expected pledge during London Climate Action Week and other donors have been slow to come on board. The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) was launched on the […]
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will have nearly $6 billion more to spend on emissions-reduction and climate adaptation projects in developing countries, after its board agreed to a management proposal to reduce the proportion of money it has to keep in reserve. At a meeting in Tajikistan this week, the government representatives who make up […]
Rich Wilson is CEO of the Iswe Foundation and co-founder of the Global Citizens’ Assembly. The numbers are stark. According to the 2026 Global Report on Food Crises, 266 million people across 47 countries experienced high levels of acute food insecurity last year, nearly double the figure recorded a decade ago. Meanwhile, disruptions to oil, gas […]
Shaun Martin is vice president for adaptation and resilience at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in the United States. “Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” A century later, H.G. Wells’s warning reads less like philosophy and more like a prediction for the near future. Last week, the World Meteorological Organization forecast […]
Four Ugandan farmers filed a case with London’s High Court on Tuesday, aiming to stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) from starting to operate by asking the court to apply Uganda’s laws against the project’s UK-registered company. The controversial 1,443-kilometre (897-mile) pipeline, majority-owned by French energy company TotalEnergies, aims to carry crude from […]
As countries gathered in Geneva this week for the first UN dialogue on the governance of artificial intelligence, campaigners said the debate around the fast-evolving technology has overlooked the potential harm it could cause to nature and biodiversity. Not only has nature been absent from discussions on the environmental impacts of AI data centres, which […]
As governments and institutions pledged billions for offshore wind, cleaner shipping and marine protection at last month’s Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa, countries are increasingly turning to the ocean as a source of jobs and climate action. But civil society groups warn that the push to expand the “blue economy” may reproduce familiar inequalities unless coastal communities have a […]
Transcorp Power Plc, one of the power subsidiaries of Africa’s leading listed conglomerate, Transnational Corporation Plc (“Transcorp Group”), announced its unaudited financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2026, demonstrating resilience despite significant operational challenges arising from recurring transmission infrastructure vandalism. The company maintained a strong financial position despite a decline in revenue […]
By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Emir of Zuru, His Royal Highness, Muhammad Sanusi Mikailu, Sami Gomo III, has commended Kebbi State Governor, Dr. Nasir Idris, for what he described as remarkable achievements in security, infrastructure and people-centred governance, saying the administration has restored hope and accelerated development across the Zuru Emirate. The commendation came during an […]
The Taminu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has hinted at the real reason behind court ruling in favour of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike’s camp. It claimed that ‘politics of power, money and greed’ may have influenced the decision of the Federal High Court to strike out its suit seeking the recognition […]
Africa has long served as fertile ground for distinctive forms of leadership to emerge. Figures such as Nelson Mandela, Kwame Nkrumah, Haile Selassie, and Julius Nyerere, among others, represent the “Mount Rushmore” of African leadership, having left an enduring imprint on the continent’s history and beyond. Notably, some of these leaders’ political trajectories bear a […]
Wamuyu Manyara is country director for Trócaire Malawi and Tarcizio Kalaundi is its climate resilience officer. This week, the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) faces a significant decision that will determine its ability to address the harms being done by climate change. Discussions on the Fund’s Resource Mobilisation Strategy must get the […]
Tucked among forested slopes and pristine valleys in a corner of northeastern India, young villagers have been busy knocking on doors – hoping to convince sceptical elders that graphite mining would bring much-needed jobs to their distant region. “The youth in our village migrate to cities for work. What’s better than to have jobs near […]
Disruptions to global fuel markets caused by the war in Iran have hit Africa’s efforts to expand clean cooking with gas, prompting the International Energy Agency (IEA) – backed by the US, a major fossil gas exporter – to launch a programme aimed at strengthening security of supply. Although a fossil fuel, liquefied petroleum gas […]
The board of the UN’s fledgling Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) has decided to consider its first package of projects for support at its next meeting in December, confounding expectations that it might back an initial set of four proposals this week. The fund faces a substantial dilemma about how to select […]
Suresanathan Murugesu is the country director of Action Against Hunger in the Philippines The Philippines is caught in an extreme weather trap. Here, forecasts for a strong El Niño in the months ahead do not just indicate a period of drought – they also point to torrential rain and flooding. It could hardly come at […]
In Accra this June, the reparations debate moved from remembrance towards political architecture. Over three days, Ghana hosted the High-Level Consultative Conference on the “Next Steps” to the landmark United Nations resolution on the trafficking of enslaved Africans. The venues told their own story: technical deliberations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a high-level session […]
At 1:12 AM, the morning of June 30, my sister sent a message to our family group chat: ‘Lock your doors and bedrooms as well.’ Then, thirty-three minutes later, she sent another one: ‘I’m too scared. I just want to be prepared.’ Another sister of mine replied: ‘You’ll be fine.’ And then, after a pause: […]
A Night of Hope. Aweys Addow, who was 19 years old when the flag was hoisted, was present to witness the event at Ficho Goberno, the former site of Mogadishu’s mayoral residence. At 12:00 hours (midnight) on 1 July 1960, Addow was among hundreds of jubilant Somalis who came out to celebrate the birth of […]
In May 2024, Ghana’s former Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Boniface Gambila, offered a candid description of what happens along Ghana’s 602-kilometer border with its northern neighbor: ‘Believe it or not, they are able to come into Ghana and go back. They move in and go back.’ He was talking about operatives of the Group for […]
On 16-18 June in Mombasa, the Our Ocean Conference met on African soil for the first time, and over 100 governments, businesses and civil society organisations announced 320 new commitments valued at $6.4 billion to advance ocean conservation, sustainable fisheries, climate resilience and the blue economy. I have sat in enough such rooms to know the […]
The UN body that regulates mining in international waters has defended its authority over ocean governance after two subsidiaries of deep-sea mining firm The Metals Company (TMC) launched legal action to halt an investigation into their conduct. Speaking at the International Seabed Authority’s (ISA) annual meeting in Kingston on Monday, secretary-general Leticia Carvalho said the […]
Lindsay Fenlock is a senior researcher in the Climate and Energy Program at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL). Nikki Reisch is a human rights lawyer and social justice advocate who leads the Climate & Energy Program at CIEL. Much has been written about when fossil fuel companies knew their products cause harm to […]
Climate and environment campaigners have urged the Kenyan government to halt plans for a proposed 700,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery backed by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, warning the project threatens one of East Africa’s most ecologically sensitive coastlines. The refinery, which is planned to be situated in Lamu County on Kenya’s northern coast, will be East Africa’s […]
Mohamed Adow is the founder and director of Power Shift Africa. At London Climate Action Week, electrification moved from the margins of climate policy to the centre of the road to COP31. The launch of the Electrify Now campaign gave fresh momentum to a target floated at the Bonn climate talks: by 2035, electricity should […]
China and India have declined to back any of their old United Nations carbon credit projects seeking to sell offsets under the new UN market, driving a cull of nearly three-quarters of applicants, analysis of official data shows. Only 415 out of more than 1,500 projects and programmes hoping to move from the Clean Development […]
Sunday Ehigiator with agency report The former Greater Manchester mayor, known as the “King of the North,” is set to move into Downing Street on Monday, when he officially takes over from outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer.Speaking at a special party conference at the Trades Union Congress in London, yesterday, Burnham said he was ready […]
By Vincent Ujumadu The Anambra State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a teacher accused of allegedly flogging a 12-year-old student to death at a school in Adazi-Ani, Anaocha Local Government Area of the state. The command said it has also activated its Safe School Initiative, headed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police in […]
A one-storey building under construction has collapsed on Finbars Road, Umuahia, causing panic in the area. The building collapsed in the early hours of Friday following a torrential downpour, though no lives were lost. The incident occurred about two months after officials of the Umuahia Capital Development Authority (UCDA) declared the building illegal and warned […]
The Anambra State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a teacher accused of flogging a 12-year-old pupil to death at a school in Adazi-Ani, Anaocha Local Government Area of the state. The tragic incident, which has sparked outrage, is being investigated under the Command’s Safe School Initiative, with the Assistant Commissioner of Police in […]
• Akpabio, senators admit lawmakers lack full knowledge of National Assembly finances •As tender board proposal withdrawn Sunday Aborisade in Abuja The Senate on Thursday shelved a proposal to establish an Internal Tender Board for the National Assembly after lawmakers, led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, declared that the legislature must first open up its […]
• One voids commission’s descretion, the other upholds constitutional provisions Alex Enumah in Abuja An evidently disturbing development played up yes-terday in the judiciary after two Appeal Courts handed down conflicting judgments on the powers and guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The first Court of Appeal, Abuja, upturned the judgment of a […]
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bauchi State has picked former Commissioner for Special Duties and Rural Development, Hon. Faruk Mustapha, as the running mate to its 2027 governorship candidate, Barr Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, SAN. The choice of Mustapha ends weeks of speculation over who would occupy the deputy governorship position on the APC ticket […]
Popular reality TV star and actress, Bisola Aiyeola has opened up about how uncontrolled loyalty made her took sides and got involved in fights that weren’t hers. Speaking in a recent episode of the Dear Ife podcast, the movie star said she used to “inherit” her loved ones, friends and colleagues’ beefs and fights even […]
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has commended President Bola Tinubu for approving the design and procurement of two major roads linking Anambra to neighbouring states, describing the development as part of the President’s deliberate effort to rebuild the Southeast. In a statement issued on Thursday, Soludo said the approval followed a meeting he had […]
By Ben Ngwakwe, Gombe The spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Gombe State, Dr. Jamil Isyaku Gwamna, Ibrahim Sani Shawai, has described the 2027 governorship election as a defining moment for the state, urging residents to consider competence, vision and commitment to public service in choosing the next governor. In a […]
By Jeff Agbodo, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Police Command has insisted on conducting a post-mortem examination into the death of Miss Mary Habila, a physiotherapist who died at the residence of the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, in Uburu community of the state. The command said preliminary findings showed that the deceased and a […]
The circumstances surrounding the death of Miss Mary Habila, a 26-year-old physiotherapist attached to the office of the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, took a fresh turn on Wednesday as the Ebonyi State Police Command insisted that a post-mortem examination would be conducted to establish the actual cause of her death. The latest development […]
Minister of Works, Engr David Umahi, through his team of lawyers, has petitioned the Ebonyi State Commissioner of Police, urging that an autopsy on the late Mary Habila be conducted before her remains are released for burial. In a letter dated July 15, 2026, and acknowledged by the Ebonyi State Police Command on the same […]
The Taraba State police command has arrested an 18 year old student suspected to be involved in cult-related activities and recovered an illegal firearm in Jalingo, the state capital. The arrest, according to the police, followed a report received by the GRA Division of the command on July 14, 2026, at about 11:00 p.m., from […]
G.OLORUNLOGBON gives a vivid account of infrastructural despair in Oke Ogbe, Badagry, Lagos While the Lagos State Government frequently broadcasts its plans for mega-city infrastructure and sweeping coastal highways, a completely different reality exists for the residents of the Oke Ogbe community in the Olorunda LCDA of Badagry. Here, time seems to have stood still. As […]
Every July 16 is celebrated globally as World PR Day. WPRD commemoration, which began in 2021 as a bold vision for PR professionals across the globe to appreciate and celebrate the priceless value they bring to the table for their clients and the society at large by helping to promote understanding, shaping conversations and perceptions […]
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster on Monday appointed the late Republican senator Lindsey Graham’s younger sister to complete his term, hours after President Donald Trump publicly urged him to choose her. Darline Graham Nordone will serve in the US Senate until Graham’s term expires in January, following his unexpected death at the weekend at the […]
President Donald Trump fired on Thursday the last two federal election officials in charge of the agency that ensures accurate, secure votes ahead of midterms in November, US media reported. The bipartisan Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is usually led by a four-commissioner panel, but the two Republican-nominated commissioners resigned earlier this year, USA Today reported. […]
The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has appointed Omega Odunze as his Special Assistant on Community Mobilisation (South-East), as part of efforts to strengthen grassroots engagement ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The appointment was announced in a statement issued by the Atiku Media Office and shared by the former […]