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Delta community urged to demand for justice amid oil firms’ divestment

The Local Community Summit on Oil Divestment and Environmental Justice that held in Agbarho local community in Delta State on Thursday, February 8, 2024,...

Obagi fire: Community asks govt to compel Agip to pay compensation for damages

The residents of Obagi, a rural community in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, hosts of oil companies like the Nigerian Liquefied Natural...

Shell divestment: Group makes case for host communities

The National Civil Society Council of Nigeria (NCSCN) says the divestment deal of the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) should be...

Congo floods: 350,000 people need humanitarian aid – UN

The UN aid office (OCHA) says unprecedented flooding in the Republic of the Congo has left more than 350,000 people in urgent need of...

Stakeholders want Niger Delta people involved in pipeline surveillance contracts

Stakeholders from the six states of the Niger Delta region have thrown their weight behind Bayelsa State Gov Douye Diri’s call to include people...

Global unemployment to increase in 2024, ILO warns

Global unemployment is expected to rise in 2024, with glowing inequality and stagnant productivity also a cause for concern on the economic horizon, the...

Flood: 15,000 households for Special Intervention in Borno

No fewer than 15,000 most vulnerable households affected by 2022/23 flood are to benefit from Federal Government Special National Economic and Livelihood Emergency Intervention...

WFP in new partnership for food, land and water security in fragile communities

The World Food Programme (WFP) at COP28 in Dubai launched a partnership with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), a CGIAR Research Centre. The partnership...

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Professionals tasked to be dedicated, innovative on preserving forests, addressing climate change

Director-General, Federal College of Forestry, Ibadan, Prof. Zachariah Yaduma, has said enormous challenges facing the world in preserving forests...
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Failure of REA boss to appear before Reps described as ‘disrespectful’

The House of Representatives committee on Renewable Energy has mandated the Managing Director, Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Abba Aliyu, to...

CSOs demand reform of Cross River forestry laws to curb deforestation, empower communities

Civil society organisations (CSOs) in Cross River State have declared as obsolete the state’s forestry laws, citing this as reason...

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Professionals tasked to be dedicated, innovative on preserving forests, addressing climate change

Director-General, Federal College of Forestry, Ibadan, Prof. Zachariah Yaduma,...

Failure of REA boss to appear before Reps described as ‘disrespectful’

The House of Representatives committee on Renewable Energy has...
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