Monthly Archives: January, 2013

Maternal mortality and frightening reality

In the last couple of days, I have been so close to people who lost their loved ones in the course of childbirth. The first...

ERA: Dutch court ruling against Shell a watershed

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has described a Dutch court ruling today which held Shell liable for the pollution of fish...

Activists list blemishes of Biosafety Bill

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), who recently took a look at the current National Biosafety Agency (Establishment) Bill of 2010, have warned that the Nigerian...

Kpeyegyi: Close to power but far from safe water

Living in Kpeyegyi community, one of the several satellite communities of Abuja, is really challenging. The community is not only close to the nation’s seat...

Ogar: Ekuri Community is languishing

Against the backdrop of the Equator Prize bestowed on it by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Ekuri Initiative has lamented that the...

Asiodu clamours national environment agenda

Nigeria needs an environmental agenda to enable it grow sustainably. President of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), Chief Philip Asiodu, stated this during the 11th...

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Heatwave, epileptic power supply worsen hardship in Lagos

Residents across several communities in Lagos have decried the intense heatwave, erratic electricity supply and fuel price increase, ...
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Motorists, commuters groan as petrol hits N1,350 per litre

Motorists and commuters across Lagos are facing rising transportation costs following another increase in the pump price of petrol,...

Niger Delta: Activists decry persistent oil spills, slow pace of cleanup

Environmental activists in Rivers State have decried the environmental degradation prompted by persistent oil spills and the slow pace...

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Heatwave, epileptic power supply worsen hardship in Lagos

Residents across several communities in Lagos have decried the...

Motorists, commuters groan as petrol hits N1,350 per litre

Motorists and commuters across Lagos are facing rising transportation...