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Activists fear PIA, oil company divestments will further impoverish Niger Delta

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and We the People invited Niger Delta communities and civil society activists to a daylong conversation on the...

Uranta laments Niger Delta condition, urges payment of reparations to degraded region

The Executive Director of Optimistic Outlook, Mr. Somi Uranta, has called on the federal government of Nigeria to promptly pay reparations to the oil...

Stakeholders suggest measures to address Niger Delta soot pollution

Critical stakeholders in the oil and gas sector rose from an emergency meeting in Abuja with far reaching resolutions to address the soot and...

Persuade Shell to pay Bonga spill fine – Fishermen urge govt

The Artisan Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN) has decried the delay in getting justice on impact of oil spill from Shell Nigeria Exploration and...

ERA/FoEN lauds Rivers’ actions against oil theft, soot pollution

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has applauded the current action by the Rivers State Government to address the vexed issues...

Dikio backs war against illegal refineries in Niger Delta

The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), says he supports the war against illegal refineries across the...

OBJ and Clark: Smell the coffee! (1)

I have followed with keen interest the debate between Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Edwin Clark as regards who owns the oil. Is it Nigeria...

Niger Delta reforms: Achievements and prospects

The Niger Delta region of Nigeria comprises nine states - Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers. No fewer than 31...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on land could be exposed to multiple types of climate-driven extreme...
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Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have called for African-led solutions to climate change, as its impacts...

Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 countries – Report 

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises on Friday, April 24, revealed that two-thirds of all people facing high...

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