Under the theme “Partners, Not Profiles: Advancing Inclusive Security and Human Rights,” We the People convened a two-day Police-Youth strategic roundtable on the 24th and 26th of February, 2026, in Uyo (Akwa Ibom State) and Akpabuyo (Cross River State), respectively. The event, a core component of the #IncludeNaija project co-sponsored by the European Union, is an…

Major international oil companies operating in Nigeria including Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Chevron, Total, and Eni came under...

On 26 September 2025, the People’s Environmental Assembly convened in Port Harcourt to mark a grim milestone. Seventy years after the discovery and steady extraction....

Mr James Ibor, the Secretary, Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee in Cross River, has called for adequate recognition...

Systemic underfunding has been identified to crippling police operations and drive Nigeria Police officers into corruption, extortion, and compromises in criminal cases...

Nigeria is in the grip of an environmental emergency. A new report by the civil-society group We The People warns...

Stakeholders at a human rights workshop in Cross River State have demanded urgent reforms in the Nigeria Police Force, citing poor...

Stakeholders drawn from civil society, academia, local communities, and government agencies have raised the alarm over the deepening crisis of deforestation in Cross...

Environmentalists, civil society groups, and local stakeholders converged in Calabar on Wednesday to address the escalating threats of deforestation across...

Once revered as West Africa's largest and most pristine rainforest, covering an expansive 7,920 square kilometers in 1992, Cross River State's vital ecosystem is...

The destruction of Cross River’s rainforest, the ‘largest’ remaining pristine forest in West Africa, is reaching a catastrophic level, prompting warning by experts and...

The destruction of Cross River’s rainforest, the ‘largest’ remaining pristine forest in West Africa, is reaching a catastrophic level, prompting warning by experts and activists...

The destruction of Cross River’s rainforest, the ‘largest’ remaining pristine forest in West Africa, is reaching a catastrophic level, prompting warning by...

Port Harcourt — Victims of hydrocarbon pollution in the Niger Delta have cried out over years of neglect, deteriorating health, and environmental degradation caused by oil exploration activities, as they demand urgent government intervention and justice from multinational oil...

Victims of hydrocarbon pollution in the Niger Delta have shared harrowing accounts of the devastating health and environmental consequences of hydrocarbon pollution, urging the government and oil companies to take immediate...

A civil society group under the aegis of ‘We The People,’ has threatened that if efforts to get the government and companies to clean up the hydrocarbon polluted Niger Delta environment and pay compensation fails, it would be left with no option...

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...