Driven by its urge to reduce the effect of climate change and the need to simplify its message for the locals to understand, the Brain Builders Youth Initiative Development (BBYDI) on Saturday took the advocacy of a ‘green environment’ to Danialu and Aduagba communities at Gaa Akanbi area of Ilorin South local government area of …
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) on Sunday, predicted that the country would experience cloudiness and thunderstorms from Monday (today) to Wednesday. According to NiMet`s weather outlook published on Sunday, it predicted a cloudy atmosphere with patches of clouds over the northern region, with prospects of morning thunderstorms over parts of Adamawa, Kaduna and Taraba states,…
As greenhouse gases and El Nino combine to send temperatures soaring, the United Nations has warned that it is near-certain that 2023-2027 will be the warmest five-year period ever recorded. Global temperatures are soon set to exceed the more ambitious target set out in the Paris climate accords, with a two-thirds chance that one of…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has warned pilots, passengers and the general public to beware of thunderstorms and other hazardous weather events as the rainy season begins in some parts of the country. In a statement released on Saturday by the General Manager, Public Relations of the agency, Muntari Ibrahim, said that the expected thunderstorm…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted that there would be earlier than the long-term average rainfall in most parts of the country, while adding that of Katsina, Zamfara, Kano, Jigawa, Yobe, Cross River, Ebonyi, Imo and Rivers are likely to experience delayed onset of rainfall. Sen. Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation stated this…
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has called for more investment in climate change mitigation efforts and irrigation agriculture to boost local rice production in 2022. The RIFAN National Deputy-President, Mr Segun Atho, made the call during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. According to Atho, investment…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, signed two bills passed by the National Assembly into law; they include the Climate Change Act and the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (Amendment) Act amending the AMCON Act No.4, 2010. This was disclosed in a statement released by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,…
