As HOMEF demands accountability over the Nembe Creek oil spill, Bayelsa fishing communities describe ruined nets, lost catches and unresolved claims.

What Is A Community Development Agreement, And What Does A Host Communities Trust Actually...

Two different instruments get lumped together in the host-community debate. One governs mining and the other governs oil and gas. Community Development Agreements (mining). Section...
oil field

How the 2025 licensing round played out: 50 blocks on offer, 37 bid on,...

The 2026 round follows a 2025 round that closed in July 2026. It drew strong headline interest but left a quarter of the acreage...
African Cleanup Initiative (ACI).

CSR Money Trail: Companies Bankrolling Nigeria’s Clean-Up Movement

When volunteers turn out for a beach or street clean-up in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria the logistics, branding and funding behind that...

Follow The Money: Where Nigeria’s Projected Carbon Finance Would Actually Go

The Nigerian government's $2.5–3 billion annual carbon finance target sounds abstract until you break it down by sector. Here's what's already happening, and what...
Tchimpounga sanctuary

What you should know about Congo’s Réserve Naturelle de Tchimpounga in Pointe-Noire

Bili's new home is one of Africa's most significant wildlife sanctuaries; understanding what it is helps explain why she's sent there rather than anywhere...
Ekiti flood kills 3

In Ekiti, a flood warning becomes a death, and a national newspaper asks why

Late Monday night, as torrential rain fell across Ado-Ekiti, Ibrahim Mandella made a decision that cost him his life. Two days later, one of...
10 nations that could vanish — and one UN vote just guaranteed they'll never lose their seat at the table

10 nations that could vanish — and one UN vote just guaranteed they’ll never...

One country's highest point is five metres above sea level. Another has already abandoned entire villages to saltwater. A third could see its capital...
Dr Nnimmo Bassey, Executive Director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation

Three years after “Environmental Genocide,” Bayelsa’s recovery fund remains unbuilt and pattern is spreading

In 2023, a four-year investigation into oil pollution in Bayelsa State returned a verdict stark enough to make headlines worldwide: environmental genocide. Three years...
Nigeria's flood risk september 2026

15 States, Seven Days: Nigeria’s Flood Alert Puts Emergency Response to the Test

A week ago, this ConservationsNG asked whether Nigeria's flood forecasting apparatus was translating detailed warnings into action, or repeating a familiar cycle of accurate...
WEST AFRICA CLIMATE CRISIS TIMELINE 1970s–1980s Late 1990s 2010–2012 2022–Present Great Sahel Paradoxical The Great Flood Systemic Shock Droughts Rain Shift Era & Regional Action |----------------|----------------|----------------|------> • Famine & Lake • Heavy rain • 2010: 24 events• 2022: 80x more Chad shrink on degraded across 15 state likely flood rain • Mass south hardpan soil • 2012: 500+ • ECOWAS Climate migration • Urban surges fatalities Strategy 2022–30

How Decades of Drought, Deforestation, and Policy Gaps Fuelled West Africa’s Climate Crisis

The severe riverine floods threatening 15 Nigerian states and disrupting the broader West African region are not isolated incidents. They mark the culmination of...

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