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University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital to Launch Kidney Transplantation Center By Katherine Abayomi The University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) has revealed plans to begin kidney transplantation services by October this year. Professor Datonye Alasia, Chairman of the hospital’s Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC), stated this during the Renal Department Ground Rounds presentation. Professor…
Federal Ministry of Environment Builds Journalists’ Capacity on Improved Climate change Reporting By Ekemini Simon The Federal Ministry of Environment through the Department of Climate Change and with support from the European Union has trained select journalists from Southern part of Nigeria for improved reporting on climate change. The three-day capacity-building workshop, which was held…
Environmental Activists Call for End to ‘Green Colonialism’ Environmental activists and scholars have decried how transnationals are exploiting countries in the Global South through extractivism and false solutions, and only interested in making profits at the detriment of the people. The activists and scholars documented their positions in a book titled ‘The Geopolitics of Green…
Stakeholders Donate trees to Gasaki-Jeje community to Address Land Degradation By Ekemini Simon A civil society organisation in the environmental sector, Gee Foundation for Social Justice and Development has donated trees to Gasaki-Jeje community to mitigate the impact of Climate Change in the area. The donation was made on Saturday during the one-day sensitisation event…
Police State Command Warns Against Planned Protest, Assures Residents of Calm. Katherine Abayomi. The scheduled protest by the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) for June 24, 2024, has been exposed to Rivers State Police Command. The command states by an intelligence report that the protest will be infiltrated and hijacked by hoodlums and…
Labour Leader Urges Government to Cut Costs and Strengthen Democracy Katherine Abayomi Labour Leader Comrade Ikechukwu Onyefuru has called on the government to reduce the cost of governance and focus more on strengthening democratic policies. Onyefuru, the Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Rivers State, said robust and transparent governance structures are critical…
HOMEF Unveils a Book to Tackle Nigeria Socio-Ecological Challenge Stella Peter The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), has unveiled a book, titled “Nigeria Socio-Ecological Alternative Charter”, which contains a call for transformation of the country’s ecological landscape. Presenting the book on Thursday, at the Niger Delta Alternative Convergence, held in Abuja, the Executive Director…
IGP Orders Investigation into Officers Killings By katherine Abayomi The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has directed the Commissioner of Police Rivers State, CP Olatunji Disu, to heighten security measures across the state and institute thorough investigations into the killing of the police officer and the vigilante operative, as well as the…
