July 2024 was both the second-warmest July and the second-warmest month on record, the European Union’s climate change service, Copernicus, said today. July 2024 saw a global average temperature of 16.91 degrees Celsius, 0.04 degrees Celsius lower than the average temperature in July 2023, currently the hottest month on record, reports AFP. Un...
•Meter The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has decried the high charge of electricity bill in universities, saying some were charged between N300 and N400 million bill in one month. He wondered how the institutions can cope if there is no urgent intervention, reports Daily Trust Echono who st...
•Elon Musk Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he plans to commit roughly $45 million each month to a new fund backing Donald Trump for US president. Musk’s donations will go to a political group dubbed America PAC, which will focus on promoting voter registration, early voting and mail-in ballots among residents in swing states ahead […]...
•Sun Last month was the hottest June on record across the globe, the EU’s climate monitor said today, capping half a year of wild and destructive weather from floods to heatwaves. Every month since June 2023 has eclipsed its own temperature record in a 13-month streak of unprecedented global heat, the Copernicus Climate Change Service [&hellip...
•Global warming Last month was the warmest February on record globally, the ninth straight month of historic high temperatures across the planet as climate change steers the world into “uncharted territory”, Europe’s climate monitor said today. The last year has seen an onslaught of storms, crop-withering drought and devastating fires, as huma...
One month after the federal government promised to crash the cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking gas, households and businesses are still paying high prices for every kilogram of the commodity. This is because the price has remained on the high side, as investigation revealed that not much has been achieved […]
•Tudun Biri village One month after the tragic error drone bombing that claimed over 100 lives from three communities in Tudun Biri village of Igabi LGA of Kaduna State, residents say they are still waiting to be compensated for their losses, and the reports and outcome of the various committees set up by governments at […]
The end of December timeline for mechanical completion of the Port Harcourt Refinery Company (PHRC) remains sacrosanct, says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). “We have said from time that by the end of December, the mechanical completion of the refinery will be completed. Yes, we are still maintaining that. Nothing has c...

