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December 4, 2023

COP28: Climate change conference has become ‘too big’, UNDP laments

This year’s UN Climate Change Conference, held in Dubai, has been the largest to date.

UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai CREDIT: (Photo by COP28 / Mahmoud Khaled)
December 4, 2023

German vice chancellor cancels COP28 visit due to budget crisis

German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck on Monday cancelled a trip to the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai due to the budget crisis at home.

German Economy Minister, Robert Habeck
December 3, 2023

Being smuggled into Tinubu COP 28 entourage was only chance to do Christmas in Dubai after UAE general visa ban on Nigerians: ‘Delegates’

A blanket travel restriction imposed in 2022 eliminated access to a top shopping destination for Nigeria’s upper middle class and political and business elite families.

Tinubu and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
December 2, 2023

Tinubu rolls out 100 electric buses

Mr Tinubu assured prospective investors that this initiative transcends being a mere pilot project.

President Bola Tinubu (Credit: Bola Tinubu)
December 2, 2023

Nigeria inaugurates long-term low emission development strategy at COP28

Nigeria unveiled its long-term development strategy at COP 28, in Dubai.

Balarabe Lawal (Credit: Vanguard)
December 2, 2023

After saying climate policy bad for Nigeria, Tinubu takes over 1,400 delegates on multibillion-naira junket to Dubai COP-28 conference

Nigeria’s delegation, which includes the president’s son and redundant civil servants, surpassed the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union, the UN stated.

Bola Tinubu, Seyi Tinubu, Tiwa Savage and Burj Khalifa.
December 1, 2023

Nigeria, Germany sign agreement to facilitate implementation of Siemens power project

An agreement was signed between the governments of Nigeria and Germany in 2019 to improve Nigeria’s power sector.

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November 30, 2023

COP28 opens in Dubai as experts call for speedy action against climate crisis

Dr Sultan Al Jaber of the UAE, who is the COP28 president, said there was no time to waste.

COP28 session in Dubai (Credit: COP29)
November 28, 2023

COP28 Climate Summit: Tinubu departs Nigeria for UAE on Wednesday

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to attend the COP28 Climate Summit, according to a statement from the presidency on Tuesday

Tinubu and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
November 27, 2023

Gaza war to keep Biden away from UN climate conference in Dubai

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry, the Biden administration’s point person for international negotiations to tackle the crisis, is expected to be in Dubai.

Joe Biden and Gaza Ruins