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Marine

Our ocean, communities not for sale – Fishers

Our ocean, communities and our sociocultural wellbeing are not for sale. This statement formed part of the declarations made by FishNet Alliance, a network of...
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Marine

World Fisheries Day: Consult, engage artisanal fishers for policies – Alliance

Nigeria has a coastline of about 853km with Lagos, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, and Cross River as littoral states. Twenty-eight out of...
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Marine

Clean up rivers, compensate us for losses, fishers urge oil firms, govt

Fishers have demanded that oil companies and the government should clean up their rivers and estuaries and pay adequate compensation for losses due to...
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Pollution

Nnimmo Bassey: No to a Niger Delta without fish

In his welcome words at the Oilfield/FishNet Dialogue at Gbarain, Bayelsa State on Friday, June 4, 2021, Nnimmo Bassey, director of Health of Mother...
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Cover

The Fishers’ Pain, by Kome Odhomor

We all rushed out to the shout from people at the riverbank. I saw my mother with her hands on her head, my father...
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Cover

FishNet Alliance calls for support for Ibeno fishers in Akwa Ibom

The FishNet Alliance has called for support for fishers in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom State and in other coastal communities across Nigeria whose livelihoods have...
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Marine

FishNet Alliance calls for support for fishers in Makoko

The FishNet Alliance has called for support for fishers in Makoko, Lagos State and in other coastal communities across Nigeria. This call was made...
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Sustainable Devpt

Global Surveyors’ Day: Land surveyors identify peculiar challenges

The Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS) has identified inadequate land data and skill gaps in sustainability as key limitations...
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Politics

‘I will always reflect humility, integrity, honour’ – Onuigbo declares Abia Senatorial ambition

Speech by Rep. Sir Sam Ifeanyichukwu Onuigbo FCIS, FNIM, KJW (Odozi obodo Gburugburu) declaring his intention to contest for...
Water & Sanitation

RDI urges govts to adopt gender-responsive strategies in water sector

Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI), an environmental non-governmental organisation, has called on the federal and state governments to adopt gender-responsive...

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Sustainable Devpt

Global Surveyors’ Day: Land surveyors identify peculiar challenges

The Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS) has identified inadequate...
Politics

‘I will always reflect humility, integrity, honour’ – Onuigbo declares Abia Senatorial ambition

Speech by Rep. Sir Sam Ifeanyichukwu Onuigbo FCIS, FNIM,...