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Natural disaster: Group trains female lawyers on climate change litigation
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 13, 2025
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Natural Justice, in partnership with African Activists for Climate Justice, has trained female lawyers across Nigeria on climate change litigation. The two-day training, which commenced on Wednesday, aims to...
How Many More Must Die? -Nigerians React as Deadly Attacks Kill Over 100 in Niger, Kaduna
The News Chronicle
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June 26, 2025
Shock, anger, and despair have gripped communities across Nigeria’s North East following deadly attacks in Niger and Kaduna States that left over 100 people among them soldiers and vigilantes dead. The attacks were allegedly led by Bello Turji, a...
$2.8bn AKK Pipeline Crosses River Niger in Major Milestone, Boosting Hopes of Timely Project Completion
Arise News
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June 26, 2025
In a major development, the $2.8 billion Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project has finally crossed the River Niger, an axis that had seriously hampered the planned completion of the project on schedule. THISDAY learnt on Wednesday that...
17 soldiers killed in Niger as troops foil attack
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 26, 2025
• Senate condemns Benue, Plateau massacres, demands justice, end to bloodshed • Stop cutting ribbons, Nigeria is at war, Obi tells Tinubu Nigerian army high command has confirmed the killing of 17 soldiers in a deadly attack by terrorists in Niger...
In Key Breakthrough, $2.8 Billion AKK Pipeline Crosses Problematic River Niger
This Day
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June 26, 2025
•FG mulls intervention to support key gas-fired power projects Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja In a major development, the $2.8 billion Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project has finally crossed the River Niger, an axis that had seriously...
How Many Developing Countries Are Forging Paths to Climate Accountability at SB62
Inter Press Service
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June 25, 2025
Climate Change, Climate Change Finance, Conferences, Featured, Headlines, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Climate Change Ongoing negotiations at Bonn, Germany, during the ongoing SB62. Credit: UNFCCC SRINAGAR, Jun 25 2025...
Niger Delta leader sues Shell for $20b over oil spill clean-up
The New Zealand Herald
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June 21, 2025
The monarch and several civil society groups accused Shell of trying to “exit the Niger Delta without first decommissioning obsolete infrastructure, remediating environmental damage, and compensating the Ekpetiama people for long-standing harm”....
Niger military leaders to nationalise uranium firm
BBC
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June 20, 2025
Niger's military junta says it will nationalise the majority French-owned local uranium company in the latest escalation in a row between the two countries. Somaïr is operated by French nuclear fuels company Orano, which Niger accuses of several...
Troops foil ₦3.5bn oil theft, recover 2.38 million litres of stolen crude oil.
Business Day
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July 5, 2025
Nigerian troops have foiled oil theft operations valued at over ₦3.5 billion in the Niger Delta, recovering a staggering 2.38 million litres of stolen crude oil. The operation, conducted between April and June 2025 under the ongoing campaign to...
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,...
UNICEF, IHS support 30,000 Niger flood victims
Punch
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June 25, 2025
In a joint emergency intervention aimed at addressing the devastating impact of recent floods in Niger State, the United Nations Children’s Fund and IHS Nigeria have launched a comprehensive humanitarian response to support more than 30,000...
Nigeria grants posthumous pardon to environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa
Environmental Health News
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June 24, 2025
Nigeria has posthumously pardoned Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others executed for murder in 1995 after a secret military trial widely seen as retribution for their peaceful protests against oil drilling and environmental damage in the Niger Delta....
Niger govt issues urgent flood relocation advisory to residents
Tribune Online
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June 19, 2025
Niger State government has issued a critical advisory for communities residing near riverbanks to promptly relocate to higher ground due to forecasted widespread thunderstorms and heavy rainfall. The advisory aims to mitigate the risk of potential...
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...
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...
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...
Nigeria Blue Economy Policy: The 1.5 trillion Plus GDP opportunity
TechEconomy
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July 5, 2025
Advertisements Advocacy for the green economy was seen as discriminatory and condescending, the rich countries telling the poor South how to manage their affairs for the benefit of humankind. It was considered a call for sacrifice by the poor...
Climate Change: FG, UNICEF Endorse Three Handbooks on Guide to Protecting Schools
This Day
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June 19, 2025
KuniTyessiin Abuja The Federal Ministry of Education, the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC and with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF have endorsed three books to enhance the teaching of climate change and the...
Climate change fuels conflict, displacement in Nigeria – IPCR
Punch
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June 19, 2025
The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution has sounded a warning that climate change is now a direct driver of armed conflict and mass displacement in Nigeria and the wider Sahel region. It, therefore, called for urgent and coordinated action...