Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) operating in states of the South-South and Niger Delta have lamented the closure of public space by government and other state actors against the expression of free speech and other... Read More
Some Environmentalists in the south-south region have criticized the Federal Government for what they described as laxity in holding International Oil Companies (IOCs), accountable for their actions but endorsing their divestment plan. https://thewhistler.ng/pollution-environmentalists-blame-fg-for-not-holding-iocs-accountable/
Renowned environmentalist and Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Dr. Nnimmo Bassey, has alleged that the pollution situation in the Niger Delta region is politically motivated, saying that the government...
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and relevant stakeholders in the forestry sector have called for the review of Cross River Forestry Commission laws to address...
The Executive Director of ‘We the People’, an environmental advocacy group, Mr Ken Henshaw, while speaking on Friday in Calabar at a round table discussion themed, ‘Fostering...
The Cross River State government has raised the alarm over what it described as massive illegal mining activities at the state’s National Park by...
The conversation around the massive unchecked deforestation across Cross River State took center stage again on Thursday in Calabar with stakeholders accusing the Government, farmers and miners of being major drivers...
The Cross River State government has raised alarm over the massive presence of foreigners believed to come from Chad and Niger...
A human rights organization, ‘We The People,’ has said that it is considering legal options to hold international oil companies responsible for the massive environmental degradation from their operations...
We The People, a human and ecological rights organization, is exploring legal avenues to hold international oil companies (IOCs) accountable for the extensive environmental damage caused by their operations...
Iniruo Wills, a former Bayelsa State Commissioner for Environment and environmental activist, has accused Niger Delta governors, ministers, and senators of abetting the region’s...
A civil society organisation, We The People (WTP) has urged the Federal Government to exercise restraint in ratifying the International Oil Companies assets...
The groups recalled that in 1993, Shell was evicted from Ogoniland where it had extracted crude oil non-stop for decades with unbelievable ecological consequences, after the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) mobilized the Ogoni and called on the Nigerian government to clean up the Ogoni ...
Twelve environmental groups have frowned on the presidency’s decision to reopen oil extraction in Ogoniland despite the environmental and ecological impact on the land. Despite the pollution...
Youths from Bendeghe Affi community in Ikom local government area of Cross River State on Wednesday protested an alleged move...
Oil Host Communities in Niger Delta and some Civil Society Organisations in the region have dragged the National Assembly and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to court over the Petroleum Industry...
Port Harcourt — A coalition of civil society organisations, CSOs, and members of host communities in the Niger Delta region have dragged the National Assembly and the Attorney General of the Federation to court over section 257 of the Petroleum Industry Act, PIA 2021, which bothers on Host Communities Development...
A coalition of civil society groups and host communities in the Niger Delta region have dragged the National Assembly and the Attorney General of the Federation to court, over section 257 of...
Some natives of oil-bearing communities in the Niger Delta and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have sued the National Assembly over Section 257 of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Also joined in the suit as a defendant is the Attorney-General of the Federation...
The plaintiffs say section 257 of PIA unjustly puts the liability for oil theft and vandalism of oil infrastructure on the host communities.
Some natives of oil-bearing communities in Niger Delta and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have dragged the National Assembly to Court over Section 257 of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).
Some indigenes of oil-bearing communities in the Niger Delta region and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have instituted legal action against the National Assembly and Attorney General of the Federation/Minister of Justice over the passage of Section 257 of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), which they described as...
Some natives of oil-bearing communities in the Niger Delta and a civil society organisation have dragged the National Assembly to court over section 257 of the Petroleum Industry...
While the Petroleum Industry Act passed in 2021, contains key provisions aimed at addressing long standing development challenges in oil producing communities in Nigeria, several provisions on the other hand have the potential to cause disaffection and conflict between oil firms and host communities. For the example, provisions for the establishment and management of the Host…
Ecology-focused Civil Society Organizations have raised an alarm over the presence of licensed miners inside the Cross River State National Park, describing ...
The National Park in Oban, Cross River state is threatened with extinction following the license issued to two mining firms by the Federal Government to operate in the restricted...
Some concerned stakeholders have faulted the existing systems for administering flood-related humanitarian reliefs by the federal and state governments, insisting that “it is prone to corruption.”
Stakeholders on environment have decried the alarming rate of deforestation in Cross River state through illegal logging, saying the state government and other stakeholders must rise to the occasion.
Environmentalists from the Niger Delta region have called for conscious action from the federal government, multinationals and civil society organisations in addressing challenges to climate change on the region.
Stakeholders at a one-day conference have called on the Cross River State governor, Prince Bassey Otu, to disband the newly constituted task force on illegal logging in the state. The forum made up of community persons, traditional rulers, civil society organizations, representatives of MDAs, paramilitary agencies, and the academia, met in Calabar, the Cross River State…
A coalition of stakeholders in Cross River state has faulted the immediate past governor of the state, Prof Ben Ayade for failing to control the forests or sustain the status quo that his predecessors had instituted. The stakeholders stated this when they converged in Calabar, the Cross River capital for a multi-stakeholder conference on deforestation...
Stakeholders in forest conservation in Cross River State have faulted the recently constituted committee by the state governor, Senator Bassey Otu. The conference, which was the second in the series, was organised by a civil society organisation, We the People, spearheaded by renowned conservationist, Ken Henshaw, in partnership with...
Environmental experts and community leaders have urged Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State to immediately disband the anti-deforestation taskforce he appointed about a week ago.
In the eight years that Prof Benedict Ayade has governed, Cross River State has lost a minimum of $200million from the United Nations Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation programme.
Concerned about the increasing degradation of the Cross River State rain and mangrove forest, a group of environmentalists have urged the governor-elect, Senator Bassey Otu to end the wave of deforestation.
A coalition of environment and ecology-focused civil society organizations under the aegis of ‘WE THE PEOPLE’ in Cross River State have called on the state’s incoming governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu, to read the riot act to those destroying forests in the state.
Open Letter to the Governor-Elect of Cross River State His Excellency, Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu on Strategies for Protecting the Cross River Forests and Reversing the Negative Trends...
Concerned about the increasing degradation of the Cross River State rain and mangrove forest, a group of environmentalists have urged the governor-elect, Senator Bassey Otu to end the wave of deforestation.
A collective of environment and ecology- focused Civil Society Organizations in Cross River State have written an open letter to the incoming Governor of Cross River, Sen. Bassey Otu to go after illegal loggers and destroyers of the State’s forest.