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Activists Accuse Shell Of Interference In Program... Kick Over Poor Handling 10 years after the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recommended measures for the clean-up of Ogoniland and other contaminated areas in the Niger Delta, a new report has unveiled the failures of successive administrations at the federal level since 2010 to decontaminate the devastated…
June 19, 2020
Angered by decades of alleged despoliation that has reportedly left their community in ruins, the people of Brass Kingdom in Bayelsa State are seeking remediation and compensation for a reported 150,000 barrels of toxic waste being discharged daily into Brass river by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NOAC). According to the community, the amount of toxic…
June 3, 2020
*Akpabio: It’s Sheer Campaign of Calumny Against Me As I paid duly Verified Contracts *Niger Delta Actvists: Can Akpabio Explain How Rodnab Got Paid N16bn, reportedly misleading the NDDC? By Hamilton Nwosa(Head, The New Diplomat’s Business and Data tracking desk) As the controversy over the alleged inappropriate expenditure of N40bn by the Interim Management of…
May 9, 2020
Says, NOSDRA Should move NOW to avert looming disaster in the N'Delta'' By Oyinlola Awonuga (The New Diplomat's Entertainment, Fashion and Sports Desk) A former Bayelsa State Environment Commissioner, and notable environmentalist, Mr Iniruo Wills has called on oil industry regulators to prioritize investigation of increased toxicity of the Atlantic coastline, encompassing Bayelsa, Rivers and…
April 16, 2020
Dear esteemed readers, stakeholders, and dedicated digital media community, during these tough times around the world wherein every nation is spearheading efforts to combat the COVID-19 Pandemic, and overcome its deadly effects, our thoughts and best wishes are with you, your family and your loved ones. This is the time when everyone’s livelihood has become…
March 29, 2020
Ask US Congress to Take Action Decry Planned Take-Over of Water System by Multinationals The call to end the water crisis in Lagos continues to gather global momentum as the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and 13 African American Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have asked the Lagos state government to back down…
February 17, 2020
Hundreds of protesters from civil society organisations, peoples’ movements, trade unions, Indigenous Peoples, youth, women and gender groups joined forces today to demand rich countries step up ambition and action to tackle the climate crisis. The vibrant demonstration, taking inspiration from a popular South American form of protest known as a cacerolazo, which originated in…
December 13, 2019
Friends of the Earth Africa (FoEA) participants attending a two-day strategy meeting on Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and industrial Plantation expansion in Africa have concluded that the certification of Industrial oil palm plantation companies by the RSPO is a false solution to the climate crisis. At the conclusion of the meeting, the FoEA…
December 9, 2019
Nigerian businesses must be ready to adopt new mechanisms and interactions with nature in managing resources to prevent the nation from losing its rich biodiversity to the climate crisis, Honourable Minister of Environment (State), Mrs. Sharon Ikeazor has said. The minister who spoke in Lagos at the maiden edition of the 'Nigerian Bussinesses for Nature'…
November 25, 2019
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Activists Accuse Shell Of Interference In Program... Kick Over Poor Handling 10 years after the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recommended measures for the clean-up of Ogoniland and other contaminated areas in the Niger Delta, a new report has unveiled the failures of successive administrations at the federal level since 2010 to decontaminate the devastated…
June 19, 2020
Angered by decades of alleged despoliation that has reportedly left their community in ruins, the people of Brass Kingdom in Bayelsa State are seeking remediation and compensation for a reported 150,000 barrels of toxic waste being discharged daily into Brass river by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NOAC). According to the community, the amount of toxic…
June 3, 2020
*Akpabio: It’s Sheer Campaign of Calumny Against Me As I paid duly Verified Contracts *Niger Delta Actvists: Can Akpabio Explain How Rodnab Got Paid N16bn, reportedly misleading the NDDC? By Hamilton Nwosa(Head, The New Diplomat’s Business and Data tracking desk) As the controversy over the alleged inappropriate expenditure of N40bn by the Interim Management of…
May 9, 2020
Says, NOSDRA Should move NOW to avert looming disaster in the N'Delta'' By Oyinlola Awonuga (The New Diplomat's Entertainment, Fashion and Sports Desk) A former Bayelsa State Environment Commissioner, and notable environmentalist, Mr Iniruo Wills has called on oil industry regulators to prioritize investigation of increased toxicity of the Atlantic coastline, encompassing Bayelsa, Rivers and…
April 16, 2020
Dear esteemed readers, stakeholders, and dedicated digital media community, during these tough times around the world wherein every nation is spearheading efforts to combat the COVID-19 Pandemic, and overcome its deadly effects, our thoughts and best wishes are with you, your family and your loved ones. This is the time when everyone’s livelihood has become…
March 29, 2020
Ask US Congress to Take Action Decry Planned Take-Over of Water System by Multinationals The call to end the water crisis in Lagos continues to gather global momentum as the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and 13 African American Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have asked the Lagos state government to back down…
February 17, 2020
Hundreds of protesters from civil society organisations, peoples’ movements, trade unions, Indigenous Peoples, youth, women and gender groups joined forces today to demand rich countries step up ambition and action to tackle the climate crisis. The vibrant demonstration, taking inspiration from a popular South American form of protest known as a cacerolazo, which originated in…
December 13, 2019
Friends of the Earth Africa (FoEA) participants attending a two-day strategy meeting on Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and industrial Plantation expansion in Africa have concluded that the certification of Industrial oil palm plantation companies by the RSPO is a false solution to the climate crisis. At the conclusion of the meeting, the FoEA…
December 9, 2019
Nigerian businesses must be ready to adopt new mechanisms and interactions with nature in managing resources to prevent the nation from losing its rich biodiversity to the climate crisis, Honourable Minister of Environment (State), Mrs. Sharon Ikeazor has said. The minister who spoke in Lagos at the maiden edition of the 'Nigerian Bussinesses for Nature'…
November 25, 2019
