The northern hemisphere was exceptionally affected by forest fires this spring, according to a report published by the EU atmospheric service Copernicus on Thursday.According to the report, record emissions were recorded in several regions, and the fi…

The Namibian Police have released the names of the 16 people who died of food poisoning at Kayova village in the Kavango East Region earlier this week, with the youngest victim being nine months old.By Thursday, 16 people reportedly died after allegedl…

Nigeria’s parliament has called for a forensic audit after its report found that over the last decade $25bn (£20bn) had been spent on trying to fix the country’s dilapidated oil refineries.Despite the enormous cost it found they were working at less th…

Nigerian police have rescued six pregnant women after busting a suspected “baby factory” in Rivers state, local media report.Police said they had arrested a 39-year-old woman, the alleged owner of the child trafficking home.They said she had confessed …

Long fuel queues returned to Nigeria’s cities on Tuesday as motorists rushed to fill their tanks while some retailers hiked prices amid uncertainty on the timing of the removal of a fuel subsidy that new President Bola Tinubu said would be scrapped.Sou…

Although climate change has been conspicuously absent from Nigeria’s political agenda, the tangible effects of global warming are undeniably present. The country has one of the highest rates of desertification in the world, many of its cities are under…