The people of Iwherekan community in Ughelli South Local Government of Delta State has appealed to the federal and state governments to protect them from the devastating gas flaring which has been going on for 40 years now in their community despite court order that it should be stopped. At a recent community engagement on […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria(ERA/FoEN) has accused the international oil companies(IOCs) of distorting the concept of divestment to confused host communities so that they will not be held accountable for years of polluting the environment Executive Director of ERA, Barr Chima Williams, said at a one-day “Community-CSOs Engagement” organised by ERA/Friends of […]
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The Institute of the Black World 21st Century and a host of African Americans, including Reverend Jesse Jackson have written to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu asking him to back off water privatization plans. In the letter which was dispatched on February 4 from the U.S, the groups expressed their solidarity with the people of Lagos and […]
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( Translated for the German Newspaper “ News Europa’-15th August 1951) Johannes Friede, the well- known Johanniter monk was one of the most remarkable prophets of his time, We present herewith to our reader one of his revelations, handed down to us in our time through one of the modern seers, who lives in Linz […]
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A ravaging flood has submerged parts of Uzere and Ozoro the headquarters of Isoko North local government area of Delta State rendering hundreds of people homeless, farmlands destroyed as a result of unabated rain, the blockage of drains and water channels in the community. It is also believed that the flooding maybe due to global […]
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Following the failure of Nigeria government to protect oil faclityes, leading energy giant, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), has deployed state-of-the-art high definition cameras for quick detection of and response to crude oil spills from its facilities. The cameras will also help in tracking vandalism of SPDC joint venture assets. SPDC’s […]
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Several states of Nigeria will be hit by floods from eight nations, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency has said. The agency said on Wednesday that more states across the country would be affected next month by both river and urban flooding as floods from the upper reaches of the Niger Basin. The basin comprises eight […]
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A bleak new report highlights how the climate crisis is responsible for deaths and will cause more in the coming decades, along with malnutrition, stunted growth and lower IQs in children directly impacted by the crisis, as the Guardian reported. The policy report From Townsville to Tuvalu produced by Global Health Alliance Australia in partnership […]
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There is a general agreement that climate change is driven mostly by human activities. These activities include the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, industrial agriculture, urbanisation and others. This general agreement is held by citizens of the world and most political leaders. […]
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The latest IPCC report does not mince words about the state of our planet: we must act now to achieve global change at a scale that has “no documented historical precedent” in order to avoid the climate catastrophe that would result from a 2 degree C rise in average global temperature. Climate change already disproportionately affects the […]
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