Leaders of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria have condemned the non-implementation of provisions of the Climate Change Act 2021 by the Federal Government. They made this known at the weekend during a workshop with the theme “Understanding and Implementation of Nigeria’s Climate Change Act: Implications for Nigeria’s Net Zero... Read more
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), an environmental rights advocacy group, has called for immediate switch to renewable energy sources as panacea to climate crisis induced by fossil fuels. HOMEF maintained that the climate crisis which has led to global warming necessitated the call to embrace renewable sources... Read more
President of the Nigeria Football Federation and FIFA Council Member, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick has showered encomiums on nine-time African champions, Super Falcons for a valiant display despite several odds and obstacles in their Women AFCON semi final encounter against host nation Morocco in Rabat on Monday night. ... Read more
Nigeria withstood a number of adversities before narrowly losing to host nation Morocco after penalty shoot-out, in a supercharged 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations semi final match in Rabat on Monday. A total of 45,562 spectators turned the Complexe Prince Moulay Abdellah into a boiling cauldron, and only... Read more
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike says Nigeria may never fully actualise its sporting potential if political considerations are allowed to always interfere with what happens within the sports industry. He made this known while speaking with journalists on Sunday evening at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Omagwa, Ikwerre Local... Read more
NUJ Elects New Council Executive In Cross River
News July 17, 2022
The Cross River council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has elected new members of the executive to run the affair of the union for the next three years. The election which took placed on Saturday in Calabar, was supervised by Messrs Opaka Dokubo and John Angese, Zone F... Read more
The Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) says it remains committed to overcoming the developmental and environmental challenges facing the Niger Delta region to improve the standard of living in the area. Prod Mondy Gold, President of IDC, in a statement on Monday said the group made the resolution... Read more
IYC, Ex-militant Leaders Tackle Senate Committee Over Threats Of Bench Warrant On Dikio
News July 11, 2022
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) and ex-militant leaders have berated the Senate Public Account Committee following its threats to issue a bench warrant on officials of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) including the PAP’s Interim Administrator, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (retd). The Chairman of IYC, Abuja branch, Adam... Read more
Pastor Reuben Wilson, founder of an All Progressives Congress (APC) support group in Bayelsa Pastor Reuben Initiative for Good Leadership and Accountability (PRIFGLA), on Thursday applauded the humane dispisition of the leader of the APC in the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, as he clocks today. PRIFGLA in a... Read more
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has criticised the Federal Government’s defiance of a court order restraining it from issuing Petroleum Prospecting Licences in the Noger Delta pending determination of a suit by some Ijaw leaders. The Federal High Court in Yenagoa presided over by Justice Isa Dashen had... Read more
