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Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has called on the National Assembly’s Committee on Constitution Review to reinstate a clause on the ‘right to food’ which was reportedly deleted in the Constitution’s amendment Bill. According to a statement released by HOMEF, the amendment Bill which has been pending before the two chambers of the National…
February 23, 2022
Wednesday’s explosion of a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel called Trinity Spirit FPSO, in Ugborodo (Escravos) offshore location has caused stir across social media platforms in Nigeria as reports claim 10 crew members onboard the ill-fated facility have been lost to the massive explosion. The New Diplomat had earlier reported that Trinity Spirit FPSO…
February 3, 2022
A Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Vessel, identified as Trinity Spirit FPSO, has exploded, causing raging fire and fear at Escravos in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. A source who spoke with The New Diplomat disclosed that crew members onboard the vessel who are feared dead, were still missing as of…
February 3, 2022
By Stephen Aina Nigeria is a treasure trove of biodiversity including forestlands which are the repertoire of goods and services remarkable for the economic survival of millions of Nigerians, more so, those living in the rural environment. The forests have always held the key to national socio-economic growth and development. This fact is recognized by…
January 10, 2022
Nigeria has made history by clinching the prestigious 2021 King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award, following the assessment and evaluation of forty (40) other applicants from across the globe. The award, which was won by the Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS), drew a lot of accolades on the occasion of the World Soil Day…
December 6, 2021
The Federal Government, on Monday, urged leaders of Ogoni community and other relevant stakeholders to expedite action on the ongoing clean-up exercise in the area. Minister of State for Environment, Chief Sharon Ikeazor, said this at a stakeholders’ meeting and inspection tour of Ogoniland in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers. Ikeazor, while responding to…
November 30, 2021
Two weeks after curtain fell on United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26 in Glasgow, Nigeria's staunch commitment to net-zero emissions plans -- described as a false solution pushed by polluting entities to evade responsibility on the climate crisis has been unsettling. On top of that, the country’s inconsistent net-zero targets have set tongues wagging and…
November 26, 2021
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has raised alarm over Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company Limited's failure to curtail the oil spill at Santa Barbra Well 1, South-west Field, in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The leak has continued for three weeks. A team of environmental field monitors led…
November 24, 2021
..Carbon Markets' Comments African climate activists have knocked Rwandan Minister of Environment, Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya over attack on Swedish youth climate activist, Greta Thunberg and for his comments on carbon markets which have continued to accelerate climate crisis globally. The activists said what will fix carbon emission is for the African delegation attending COP26 in…
November 9, 2021
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Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has called on the National Assembly’s Committee on Constitution Review to reinstate a clause on the ‘right to food’ which was reportedly deleted in the Constitution’s amendment Bill. According to a statement released by HOMEF, the amendment Bill which has been pending before the two chambers of the National…
February 23, 2022
Wednesday’s explosion of a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel called Trinity Spirit FPSO, in Ugborodo (Escravos) offshore location has caused stir across social media platforms in Nigeria as reports claim 10 crew members onboard the ill-fated facility have been lost to the massive explosion. The New Diplomat had earlier reported that Trinity Spirit FPSO…
February 3, 2022
A Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Vessel, identified as Trinity Spirit FPSO, has exploded, causing raging fire and fear at Escravos in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. A source who spoke with The New Diplomat disclosed that crew members onboard the vessel who are feared dead, were still missing as of…
February 3, 2022
By Stephen Aina Nigeria is a treasure trove of biodiversity including forestlands which are the repertoire of goods and services remarkable for the economic survival of millions of Nigerians, more so, those living in the rural environment. The forests have always held the key to national socio-economic growth and development. This fact is recognized by…
January 10, 2022
Nigeria has made history by clinching the prestigious 2021 King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award, following the assessment and evaluation of forty (40) other applicants from across the globe. The award, which was won by the Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS), drew a lot of accolades on the occasion of the World Soil Day…
December 6, 2021
The Federal Government, on Monday, urged leaders of Ogoni community and other relevant stakeholders to expedite action on the ongoing clean-up exercise in the area. Minister of State for Environment, Chief Sharon Ikeazor, said this at a stakeholders’ meeting and inspection tour of Ogoniland in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers. Ikeazor, while responding to…
November 30, 2021
Two weeks after curtain fell on United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26 in Glasgow, Nigeria's staunch commitment to net-zero emissions plans -- described as a false solution pushed by polluting entities to evade responsibility on the climate crisis has been unsettling. On top of that, the country’s inconsistent net-zero targets have set tongues wagging and…
November 26, 2021
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has raised alarm over Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company Limited's failure to curtail the oil spill at Santa Barbra Well 1, South-west Field, in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The leak has continued for three weeks. A team of environmental field monitors led…
November 24, 2021
..Carbon Markets' Comments African climate activists have knocked Rwandan Minister of Environment, Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya over attack on Swedish youth climate activist, Greta Thunberg and for his comments on carbon markets which have continued to accelerate climate crisis globally. The activists said what will fix carbon emission is for the African delegation attending COP26 in…
November 9, 2021
