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Eradiri to Atiku: Suspend Your Ambition to Protect Niger Delta, Preserve Nigeria's Unity
Nigerian Eye
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June 25, 2025
A recent statement by a former President, Ijaw Youths Council Worldwide, Engr. Udengs Eradiri, has reignited debate about Atiku Abubakar's presidential ambitions and their impact on the Niger Delta region and Nigeria's unity. According to Eradiri,...
Ensuing Humans And Animals' Conflicts Caused By Climate Change
The Nigerian Voice
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There are serious repercussions for Nigeria's animal population from climate change. Concerns have been raised that it is altering the habitat, behavior, and survival of animals. According to those with more knowledge, its impacts are varied and...
Senate seeks probe of Mokwa flood, calls for River Niger dredging
The Cable
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June 24, 2025
The senate says the federal government should investigate the devastating flood that struck communities in Mokwa LGA in Niger state. The red chamber also asked the federal government to implement sustainable flood control measures, including the...
614km AKK gas pipeline crosses River Niger
Punch
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June 25, 2025
Oilserv Limited, the contractor handling the 614km Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline project, says the pipeline has crossed the River Niger. The contractor said this in an update on its X handle on Tuesday. Oilserv announced the successful...
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The Blackstone Valley Call & Times - Rhode Island
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Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches meteoric $5.3 million at New York auction It's another meteoric rise for what's called the largest piece of Mars on Earth. The 54-pound rock fetched nearly $5.3 million at an auction at Sotheby's in New York...
The climate crisis has a gender
The Times of India
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June 24, 2025
Climate change may be global, but it is not gender-neutral. And the faces most affected are not the ones most heard. Floods, droughts, wildfires, storms – climate disasters are growing in frequency and ferocity. But behind the statistics and...
Weed Regulation is Foundering. For Answers, Look to the Labs
Undark Magazine
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July 16, 2025
On the Friday before Thanksgiving last year, the white dome of the Oklahoma State Capitol building stood etched against a bright blue sky. Summer Parker, her partner Charles Hrabina, and his 14-year-old daughter had driven to Oklahoma City from...
ECOWAS begins process for smooth exit of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 23, 2025
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed a Chief Negotiator to oversee the orderly withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the regional bloc. The decision was made during the 67th Ordinary Session of the...
ANALYSIS: Violent extremism erodes local climate resilience in the Sahel
Premium Times
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June 23, 2025
The Sahel is one of Africa’s most climate-vulnerable areas. The region increasingly experiences extreme weather such as floods and droughts, and ongoing land degradation, depleting the natural resources vital to local economies. Between 1979 and...
Violent extremism erodes local climate resilience in the Sahel
Institute for Security Studies
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Violent extremism erodes local climate resilience in the Sahel Jihadist groups and militarised counter-terrorism responses have weakened traditional approaches to resolving climate disputes. The Sahel is one of Africa’s most climate-vulnerable...
PHOTOS: Protest rocks Niger varsity over student’s killing
Daily Trust
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June 23, 2025
A 300-level student of chemistry education department, Faculty of Education, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State, Abdulwahab Abubakar, has been killed by gunmen suspected to be armed robbers. The Monday killing sparked...
NiMet Predicts Sunny, Cloudy, Rainy Weather From Monday
New Telegraph
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June 23, 2025
Share The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) on Sunday forecast a mix of sunny, cloudy, and rainy weather conditions across the country from Monday June 23 to Wednesday June 25. According to the agency weather outlook, NiMet predicted sunny...
Shell to face full trial in 2027 over Nigeria oil pollution claims
Business Live
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June 23, 2025
Oil behemoth Shell is set to face a full trial at London's High Court in 2027 concerning claims of accountability for historical oil pollution in Nigeria. Shell Plc and its Nigerian subsidiary, now operating under the name Renaissance Africa...
NiMet predicts three-day sunshine, cloudy weather from Monday
Eagle Online
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June 23, 2025
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted a mix of sunny, cloudy, and rainy weather conditions across the country from Monday to Wednesday. In its weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, NiMet predicted sunny skies with patches...
NiMet forecasts 3-day sunshine, cloudy weather from Monday
News Diary Online
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June 23, 2025
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast a mix of sunny, cloudy, and rainy weather conditions across the country from Monday to Wednesday. By Gabriel Agbeja The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast a mix of sunny,...
NiMet forecasts three-day sunshine, cloudy weather from Monday
Punch
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June 23, 2025
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has forecast a mix of sunny, cloudy, and rainy weather conditions across the country from Monday to Wednesday. In its weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, NiMet predicted sunny skies with patches of cloud...
From Forecasts to Fulfillment: Airman Finds Purpose Through Weather Mission
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 23, 2025
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Elijah Tait, 35th Operations Support Squadron weather operations and planning noncommissioned officer in charge, deployed to Niamey, Niger in 2023 for a total of 132 days. Stuck alone in a tent...
Tinubu’s second year in office and Niger Delta’s fortune, by Jerome-Mario Utomi
Eagle Online
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June 22, 2025
Since May 29, 2023, when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn in, Nigeria’s oil bearing region, the Niger Delta has witnessed a fiesta of unprecedented socio-infrastructural developments, coming after decades of neglect and outright abandonment....
Tinubu: I’m Confident Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Will Return to Ecowas Soon
This Day
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June 23, 2025
*Expresses deep concern over slow pace of activating ECOWAS standby force *Hands over leadership to Sierra Leonean counterpart, Maada Bio, canvasses vigilance, unity, inclusive growth in region *Says body will reshape regional economic diplomacy...
Traditional Ruler Drags Shell To Court Over Niger Delta Pollution
TVC News Nigeria
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June 22, 2025
A major legal showdown is unfolding in the Niger Delta as King Bubaraye Dakolo, has filed a lawsuit against oil giant Shell, accusing the company of attempting to divest its onshore assets without cleaning up decades of environmental damage....