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Government raises Council, Board for Ogoniland clean-up

“The choice is for you to keep your environment clean and nurture the Niger Delta back to its lost glory. The beginning of this clean-up exercise...

How Ogoni pollution impoverished indegenes

Poverty, destitution and deprivation prevalent in Ogoniland have been linked with the soil, air and water pollution that the people of the area have...

Why piecemeal approach won’t deliver on Ogoni clean-up

Dr Godwin Uyi Ojo, Executive Director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), attempts an appraisal of Federal Government’s effort in environmental protection...

Pollution: Shell reacts as fresh international legal actions are launched

Two Nigerian Niger Delta communities are suing oil big-wig Shell and asking for compensation for oil spills on their land. It is the second in five...

Rivers community deserted as Agip flow station burns

Akalaolu is a small, sleepy and somewhat peaceful town in Ahoada Local Government Council of Rivers State. It could have passed unnoticed in the...

Putting a halt to Nigeria’s atrocious gas flaring

Gas flaring is the obnoxious practice of burning natural gas associated with crude oil extraction (or associated gas). To use the words of Joseph...

MOSOP demands urgent implementation of UNEP report

The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has urged the Federal Government to immediately commence the implementation of the recommendations of the...

Agenda for Uguru Usani, new Minister of Niger Delta Affairs

The key issues in the Niger Delta region are bordering on poverty, environmental pollution and degradation, militancy, resource allocation, inadequate infrastructure among others. Although...

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Taraba to plant 2m tree crops to mitigate climate change, promote economic empowerment

Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State on Saturday, April 20, 2024, flagged-off a project involving the planting of two...
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BirdLife takes up fresh campaign to safeguard West African vultures

BirdLife Africa has said that the launch of the West African Vulture Conservation Action Plan (WAVCAP), which held on...

Tpl. Catherine Kehinde George: A trailblazer in town planning education

"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you die and rotten, either write things worth reading or...

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Taraba to plant 2m tree crops to mitigate climate change, promote economic empowerment

Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State on Saturday, April...

BirdLife takes up fresh campaign to safeguard West African vultures

BirdLife Africa has said that the launch of the...
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