The Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI) has linked the collapse of the Alau Dam in Borno and inundation of farmlands and hundreds of homes in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital to a total disconnect among the coordinating emergency response agencies of government at federal and state levels. RDI position contained in a statement issued in Lagos, […]
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The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw the National Water Resources Bill 2020 owing to its pro-privatisation and other anti-people provisions. The letter to President Buhari was informed by a clause by […]
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Amid a global health crisis, Philip Morris International (PMI) will virtually gather shareholders on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, to applaud the corporation’s continued efforts to rebrand itself as ‘smoke-free.’ PMI’s annual meeting was preempted by tobacco control advocates Tuesday, who exposed that while PMI would have the world believe it is changing, it’s still using […]
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You would never invite the arsonist who set fire to your house to put it out by adding more kerosene. So why are Big Polluters (that, for decades, have derailed progress to address the climate crisis) and their dangerous distractions such as market mechanisms poised to be front and center during the upcoming Africa Climate […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has cautioned the Lagos government from going ahead with any deal with the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) which will ultimately mortgage the future of Lagos citizens and yield no positive result. ERA/FoEN warning comes on the heels of the 7 January 2019 IFC and Lagos […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has blamed Nigeria’s reliance on fossil fuels for the unrelenting oil spill-related incidents across the country, the recent one involving over 50 persons incinerated when a pipeline belonging to the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC) in Umuode Community in Aba, Abia State exploded. The incident […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has commended the federal government for declaring a state of emergency in the water sector, but disagreed with the government position that private sector participation will reverse the sectors’ woes. Minister for Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu had announced last week that the declaration […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has asked the Lagos State Government to terminate any agreement it may have entered into with Visionscape in the water sector as its performance in waste management has shown that it will also throw the water sector into crisis. The environmental justice group made the call […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has described as false and deceptive recent activities by Philip Morris International (PMI) to promote itself as a supporter of a “smoke-free world”. ERA/FoEN, in reaction to the start of PMI-funded training of senior journalists in Naivasha, Kenya, with the theme – Tobacco Harm Reduction: Towards […]
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The Our Water Our Right Coalition has described as extremely disturbing, Lagos State government decision to press ahead with Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the water sector even with overwhelming public rejection of the idea and repeated denials on its part. Responding to the stout defence of PPP by the Managing Director of Lagos Water Corporation […]
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