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NiMet DG Anosike receives Fellowship award, calls for tech-driven solutions to climate challenges
The Director General/CEO of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Prof. Charles Anosike, has called for innovative approaches to strengthen climate resilience in Nigeria.
He made the call in a keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 2026 International Conference of the Nigerian Meteorological Society and its 35th Annual General Meeting at the University of Lagos, Akoka.
At the event, Prof. Anosike received a fellowship and commendation award in recognition of his contributions to meteorological services.
While speaking, Prof. Anosike noting that the theme of the conference-“Advancing Meteorology: Harnessing AI, Satellites, and Big Data for Climate Resilience and Sustainability,” underscores the urgent need to translate scientific knowledge into actionable solutions that protect lives, livelihoods, and national development amid rising climate risks.
He said “Climate change is no longer a distant concern. It is a lived reality, expressed through rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, flooding, droughts, heat waves, and increasing weather extremes that affect ecosystems, economies, and societies, especially in Africa.”
The Director General highlighted Nigeria’s evolving climate challenges, including increasing temperature extremes, shifting rainfall patterns, desertification in the north, and coastal erosion in the south. He emphasized that traditional approaches to meteorology are no longer sufficient to address these complex challenges and stressed on the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI), satellite technologies, and big data analytics in modern meteorology. Adding that AI-driven forecasts, combined with satellite observations and high-performance computing, are now central to NiMet’s operations, enabling accurate, timely, and impact-based predictions.
Prof. Anosike also highlighted NiMet’s strategic partnerships with AIM for Scale, Ignitia, Tomorrow.io, the Korean Meteorological Authority, and the China Meteorological Administration to integrate AI into operational activities. He noted that NiMet’s Digital Climate Advisory Service (DCAS) is already providing farmers with weather-driven advisories to support climate resilient agriculture.
He concluded by emphasizing the critical role of professional bodies, researchers, and educators in advancing meteorology and called on the private sector and civil society to actively participate in strengthening meteorological observation systems and climate services. He encouraged NMetS to mentor young professionals, promote ethical research, and bridge the gap between science and policy in alignment with the UN’s Early Warnings for All initiative, while reaffirming NiMet’s commitment to leveraging science, innovation, and technology to build a climate-resilient Nigeria.
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Breaking: Court of Appeal rules in favour of Turaki -led PDP candidate for Osun governorship election
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in Osun State was validly nominated by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee.
The court also ordered INEC to list the PDP logo on the ballot ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
The Court held that access code is neither a creation of the Constitution nor the Electoral Act; rather, a creation of INEC’s guidelines and cannot, in any way, override the provisions of the Constitution.
Section 288 of the Constitution does not specify the method for nominating candidates; it only states that the names of candidates should be forwarded to the Commission.
The court further held that the defendant (INEC) should take steps to include the name of the appellant on the ballot paper.
Additionally, the court ruled that the primary election conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP was a valid primary election in law.
The three-man panel of justices—Justice Mahmud, Justice Jaro, and Justice Ankawere, was unanimous in its judgment.
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Breaking: NHRC sets up situation room to monitor and document hate speech, intimidation, threat to life ahead 2027
The national Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has set up a situation room to monitor and document all incidences of hate speech, intimidation and threat to life by politicians and other actors ahead of the 2027 general election.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, revealed this on Thursday in Abuja at a press conference.
He said the situation room would enable the Commission harvest data, analysis and document persons, agencies and others involved in the negative statements in order to ensure they are properly tracked and brought to book by relevant agencies.
Ojukwu also took journalists on a tour of the newly set up situation room.
Details later…..
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Breaking: NHRC expresses concern over rising incidences of hate speech, threat to life ahead 2027 elections
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
At a press conference in Abuja Thursday, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, recalled statements credited to Senator Francis Fadahunsi and Sheikh Yahya Jingir and described the das dangerous with capacity to set the nation ablaze.
He called on politicians, religious and traditional rulers, among other stakeholders to call their supporters and faithful to orders.
He urged government to act before rhetorics turn to violence, saying the forthcoming election in Osun State should serve as example of Nigeria’s capacity to conduct political contest in compliance with international best practices.
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