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BODO SPILL: ONE TOO MANY – TRANSPARENCY IN JIV PROCESS By Katherine Abayomi Yet another oil spill in Bodo community located in Gokana local Government Area (Ogoni) of Rivers State. The spill happened on Thursday July 4,2014 at about 12:45am in the Sugi area of Bodo Community, this is another environmental setback to the people…
Rivers crisis: Pro-Fubara speaker dismisses resolution by pro-Wike lawmakers on state spending …Insist they are former members By: Barikui Felix, Port Harcourt Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Victor Oko-Jumbo, has dismissed the resolution passed by the Speaker of the section of the Assembly loyal to the FCT…
Policy Alert, four other NGOs Launch TB Funding Campaign By Ekemini Simon Akwa Ibom, NIGERIA/ Policy Alert together with four other organisations have commenced the implementation of a project geared towards enhanced and sustainable service delivery through increased domestic investment for Tuberculosis (TB) interventions in five states – Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Delta, and…
Edo Police Apprehend Three Suspected Cultists, Seize Weapons By Oke-Oghene Orogun The Edo State Police Commissioner, Funsho Adegboye, has said the State is recording remarkable progress in the war against cultists and other criminal gangs in the State. The Commissioner said this when the State’s Police Command paraded three suspected cultists, in Benin City, Edo…
HYPREP GETS NEW PC- DR OLUFEMI ADEKANMBI HYPREP GETS NEW PC Katherine Abayomi The president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bolu Tinubu, has approved the appointment of Dr Olufemi Adekanmbi as the new project coordinator for the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP). Dr Adekanmbi is a doctorate degree holder in Environmental Management, a former…
FG, NDDC repair Ahoada -Mbiama section of East-West road urgently, Comrade Onita FG, NDDC repair Ahoada -Mbiama section of East-West road urgently, Comrade Onita Katherine Abayomi Comrade Peter Onita, a labor Leader has called on the Federal Government, and Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to, as a matter of urgency, repair the Ahoada -Mbiama section…
Experts Warn Against Climate Change Devastation in Nigeria, call for methane reduction By Uko Okon , Uyo Environmental experts have issued a dire warning about the catastrophic consequences of climate change in Nigeria, urging immediate action to reduce methane emissions. Human activities, they noted, contribute 60% of methane emissions, and collective efforts are crucial to…
Urgent Call to Halt Unregulated Mining By Stella Peters The decision of the Cross Rivers State government to halt mining activities has been hailed by various civil society groups, following the unwholesome practices of artisanal and industrial miners in the state. The Executive Director of Health Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Dr Nnimmo Bassey commended Cross…
Toxic waste: HOMEF tasks Niger Delta communities on environmental monitoring, reporting Following the rising impact of toxic waste in the Niger Delta communities in Nigeria, an Ecological Think Tank, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, has urged oil producing communities in the region to monitor their environment and report incidents of pollution or other environmental…
Edo PDP Primaries: Campaign Organization Insists Outcome Remains Valid Despite Court Ruling By Oke-Oghene Orogun The Edo State Peoples Democratic party (PDP) campaign Organisation has said the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja on the party’s delegate election did not invalidate the outcome of the party’s primary election which produced the party’s flag bearer,…