The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has hailed the choice of Professor Lanre Fagbohun as the new Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), describing his nomination by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode as a step in the right direction in positioning the institution for academic excellence. The post of the Vice-Chancellor of […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has hailed a Dutch appeals court ruling today (Friday December 18, 2015) which affirmed that Shell parent company could be held liable for oil spills at its Nigerian subsidiary, urging other Niger Delta communities to institute similar action against the company for years of pollution. The […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and other groups across the world under the aegis of Friends of the Earth International have demanded justice for Ogoni people asking the Nigerian government to compel Shell to pay the full cost of cleaning up recommended by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). The call […]
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By Philip Jakpor: Local communities and former miners in Enugu State doubt promises of better life when the moribund coal mines begin operations under an initiative kick-started under the last administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. In 2014 when former Vice President, Nnamadi Sambo visited Enugu he had explained that the signing of a memorandum of […]
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ERA/FoEN, 40 organisations tackle BAT over Kenya Litigations By Philip Ebuata Jakpor: The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and about 40 other organizations from across Africa and around the world have submitted a letter of support to Cabinet Secretary for Health, James Macharia as the Kenyan Ministry of Health prepares to defend […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria(ERA/FoEN) has demaned the revocation of Agip operational licience for their mpunity and flagrant disregard for environmental regulations resulting in massive environmental degradation and destruction of rural livelihoods over several decades of its operation in the Niger Delta. ERA/FoEN Executive Director, Dr Godwin Uyi Ojo who spoke at […]
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Communities impacted by the West African Gas Pipeline(WAGP) project have demanded for adequate compensations for ruined farmlands and ponds This was contained in a Communiqué issued at the end of a one-day capacity building workshop on Redressing the Negative Gender Impacts of the West African Gas Pipeline. Below is the details of the communiqué:- The […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the Federal Government to be wary of a World Bank initiative to stop gas flaring by the year 2030 insisting the scheme, if endorsed by the government, will legitimize continued flaring by Shell and other oil corporations operating in the Niger Delta. Media reports […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has hailed the Federal Government for approving a $10 million take-off grant for the implementation of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Assessment on Ogoniland and reconstituting the Governing Council of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP), saying both moves indicated the current administration is on […]
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On the occasion of the fourth year commemoration of the release of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Assessment of Ogoniland (4 August 2015), the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and other groups have called on the administration of General Muhammadu Buhari to tackle the myriads of environmental challenges besetting the Niger […]
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