Civil society groups representing millions of Nigerians have decried the permit the Federal Government recently granted to Trigall Genetics S.A. for the importation of genetically modified (GM) wheat (HB4 Wheat) into the country. Executive Director, Home of Mother Earth Foundation ...
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Again, AUPCTRE, PSI, CAPPA, Others Reject National Water Bill, Privatisation In Lagos
Organised labour under the auspices of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) and its civil society counterparts, Public Service International (PSI) and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have again ...
Read More »SIFAX Chairman, Taiwo Afolabi Loses Twin Brother, Kehinde
The entire management and staff of SIFAX Group were thrown into mourning when news of the death of the twin brother of its Chairman, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, who was popularly called Kehinde was announced on Saturday, September 17, 2022, in ...
Read More »Statement of Solidarity Mission to AFIEGO and Partner CSOs in Uganda
Members of Oilwatch Africa paid a courtesy visit to Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) and other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working to protect the environment and communities’ land and human rights within the oil and gas regions from 6 ...
Read More »MAJAN Invites Stakeholders To Commissioning Of Modern Secretariat
The Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria (MAJAN) has concluded arrangements to formally commission its much-talked-about Secretariat in grand style. President of MAJAN, Comrade Ray Ugochukwu, made this known in a statement issued on the MAJAN platform, adding that the inauguration, ...
Read More »Attaining SDGs Requires FG, States Partnership, Says Diri
· Inaugurates Hospital, School, and Skills Projects Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has said collaboration between the states and Federal Government will facilitate the attaining of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Diri stated this during the inauguration of a ...
Read More »Delta Police Arrest 10 Suspected Armed Robbers, Cultists, Recover AK47 Riffle
· Uncover baby factory, rescue three women, arrest two suspects The Delta State Police Command has disclosed that its men and officers arrested no fewer than 10 suspected armed robbers, and cultists and recovered one fabricated AK47 riffle. It also uncovered ...
Read More »IGP Bans Use Of Spy Number Plates Nationwide Over Insecurity
· Orders Seizure, Reversal To Original Registered Number Plates In efforts to fight insecurity in the country, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered a total ban on the use of Police SPY Vehicle Number Plates across ...
Read More »VIN Valuation: Congestion Likely At Nation’s Ports As Importers Abandon Vehicles
In spite of the review of the VIN Valuation policy, importers and freight agents are having tough times as they have resorted to abandoning their vehicles at the port terminals with an attendant accumulation of demurrage and other sundry charges, ...
Read More »COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE NIGER DELTA ALTERNATIVES CONVERGENCE IN UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE ON THE 23RD OF JUNE. 2022.
On June 23, 2022, frontline civil society organisations, socio-cultural groups, academics, traditional rulers and individuals drawn from the Niger Delta states of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers gathered at the city of Uyo ...
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