A report by the All Progressives Congress (APC) asking the Muhammadu Buhari administration to discard the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is not only unfortunate but is one that will also embolden oil multinationals to continue their impunity which has polluted the Niger Delta and eroded Nigeria’s revenues, the Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth […]
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Twenty-three members of the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), have expressed solidarity with people in the global community standing in support of the human right to water, with particular mention of the dangers of privatisation of water in Lagos. The letter, whose signers represent half of the CBC, underscores the disproportionately harmful effect water privatization […]
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The Environmental Rights Action (ERA)/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (FoEN) has stressed the need for a N10,000 National Basic Income Scheme (NaBIS) to cater for the unemployed and aged that suffer social exclusion and livelihood losses from environmental degradation. Below a COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF A MEETING ON ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA FOR NATIONAL […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has raised the alarm following reports that Shell may be attempting to thwart the recommended cleanup of Ogoniland through a deal with a local company called Belema Oil. A statement by ERA head of media, Mr. Phillip Jakpor said, Shell was said to have sold its […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has expressed pessimism about the outcomes of the just-concluded Climate Talks tagged CoP20 in Lima, describing the failure of developed nations to cede ground on contentious issues beneficial to poor countries as a reminder of “mis-steps” of previous talks. 196 nations that gathered in Lima agreed that each […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has underscored the urgent need for a global shift from fossil fuel dependency to renewable sources of energy as a response to curbing climate change and its devastating impact. This call was made by ERA/FoEN at its 7th National Environment Consultation (NEC) which had as theme […]
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The inauguration of a committee for the implementation of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) report on Ogoniland is a welcome development but with the Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke in the driver’s seat, Shell has obviously hijacked the process, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has alerted. Minister of Petroleum Resources, […]
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The publicity that the media has given to the training of men of the Lagos State Police Command on implementation of the recently-passed Smoke-free Public Places law by British American Tobacco Nigeria (BATN) has come as a rude shock to public health advocates. It is simply the case of mosquito giving training on how to […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has alerted the Lagos State government about what it described as “deliberate misinterpretation” by British America Tobacco Nigeria (BATN) of the recently-passed Lagos State law regulating smoking in public places, insisting the tobacco company was on a mission to thwart the implementation of the law. In […]
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