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Press ReleaseRAINFOREST RESOURCE & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (RRDC)C/O His Highness, Okim NTUI OJONG NYAMBI, Chairman, Traditional Rulers Joint Council of Chiefs of Effi Community, Okuni, Ikom Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria.Email: odeyoyama@hotmail.com, Mobile Tel: +234 (0) 8035033824A Nigerian NGO for the Environment, Development & Information DeliveryOur Ref: RRDC – 2021/012 Date: 13 – 05 – 2021.Dear Global Citizens,THE DESTRUCTION AND DEGRADATION OF THE OKUNI COMMUNITY FOREST, THECROSS RIVER SOUTH FOREST RESERVE AND THE OBAN DIVISION OF THE CROSSRIVER NATIONAL PARK OF NIGERIA. The Okuni Community Forest, the Cross River South Forest Reserve and the Oban Division of the Cross…

Two-time CAF Champions League champions Enyimba fell 4-1 in Cairo to last season’s CAF Confederation Cup losing finalists Pyramids FC in the first leg of this season’s quarterfinal.No Nigerian side has ever won the CAF Confederation Cup, but Enyimba went to Cairo seeking to change the narrative.New Super Eagles star Anayo Iwuala did not make the matchday squad due to suspension, allowing both Victor Mbaoma and Tosin Omoyele to start upfront for the NPFL side.Still, the People’s Elephants began in stunning fashion and were in front after only 53 seconds.Mbaoma found himself at the right spot to steal the ball…

Barcelona are the 2021 UEFA Women Champions League winner after the Spanish side thrashed Chelsea Ladies 4-0 in the final played at the Gamla Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.It is the club’s first-ever triumph in the competition.Just recovering from an injury, Asisat Oshoala was a second-half substitute in a game where all the damage had been done in the first half.Goals from Alexia Putellas, Aitana Bonmati, and Hansen trailed Melanie Leupolz’s first-minute own-goal which confirmed the Spanish champions’ superiority all before the break. Oshoala found the back of the net late on but her effort was ruled out for offside.Oshoala,…

The Ibos want BiafraThe North wants Ibo’s exitThe Yorubas want Ibo’s exitThe Ibos are saying “we have investments in your areas and cannot leave them”And the fight is being cooked. Governors are sharing bailout fundsWorkers’ salaries are not paidGovernment officials have their children schooling abroadMinisters and senators are lootingThe poor Hausa man is riding OkadaThe poor Ibo man is riding OkadaThe poor Yoruba man is riding Okada. The poor Hausa man sleeps under the bridge as AlamajiriThe poor Yoruba man sleeps under the bridge as AlayeThe poor Ibo man sleeps under the bridge as AgberoIt is pertinent to note that the poor…

The Institute for Media and Society, IMS, joins the rest of the world in celebrating the World Press Freedom Day 2021 with the theme: ‘Information as a Public Good.’We are delighted that the United Nations sets aside this day for this celebration and with a theme that captures the global mood for information production and dissemination.The world today is one of increasing need for professionally processed and credible information by all sections of the population. Citizens require information that is relevant to the daily issues of their individual lives and communities as well as those of governance in their societies.The…

By Chim Ogwutum VC Rivers State University, Prof Nlerum Okogbule delivering the keynote lectureActivists from various human rights organizations, NGOs and the media converged at  Humanity House, Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Saturday, May 8,  to honour their fallen colleague,  Anyakwee Nsirimovu who bowed out last year. In his welcome address the Institute’s executive director, Mr. Courage Nsirimovu thanked all for coming stressing that the event was a celebration.  He said, “Today marked the one year memorial of our boss, Anyakwee Nsirimovu , who transited this world on May 8, 2020. Today is not a speech making day, it’s also…

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Super Eagles winger, Samuel Chukwueze has been in impressive form recently for the Yellow Submarines, and that’s caught the attention of La Liga authoritiesChukwueze’s brilliant form has been rewarded after he was nominated for La Liga’s April Player of the month.According to La Liga News and NewsNow, the Nigerian international is part of a seven-man nominee list that includes Lionel Messi, Claudio Bravo, Angel Correa, Fernando Francisco, Thibaut Courtois and Fernando Pacheco.Chukwueze was one of Villarreal’s best players in April, having scored three goals in five league games. The 21-year-old scored a brace in the 5-1 thrashing of Levante before…

Cyril Chinedu Olisema was the hero for Enyimba as the Aba Elephants needed a 95th-minute winner to claim a 1-0 victory over Orlando Pirates which powered them to the next round of the CAF Confederations Cup.The Aba Elephants knew before kickoff at the Enyimba Stadium in Aba on Wednesday night that only a win would be enough to book their place in the competition’s quarterfinals.The Nigerian Professional Football League side was at the brink of elimination before a late effort from the midfielder came to the Elephants’ rescue Still, Fatai Osho’s men produced a lame showing against their South African opponents…