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ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS ACTION [ERA]/FRIENDS OF THE EARTH                                        NIGERIA [FoEN  214 Uselu-Lagos Road, P.O. Box 10577, Benin-City, Nigeria.Tel/Fax + 23452880619, Toll Free Line +2348031230089Email: eraction@eraction.org website: www.foen.orgLocation: Elebele Community Environment, Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa state.Occupation: Fishing, farming, palm oil milling, etc.Date of incident: May 15, 2021Date of ERA/FoEN site visit: May 16, 2021INTRODUCTION Elebele Community is one of the communities hosting Shell Petroleum Development Company [SPDC] and the Nigerian Agip Oil Company [NAOC] in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Apart from Oil/Gas wells in the community environment where Shell extracts the resources 24/7, there are oil/gas pipelines…

YOUTHS have been charged to avoid dying in silence, but always raise their voices and speak their minds at all times without fear. The charge was given during a freedom of expression outreach/training organized recently at Ushafa Community in Bwari Area Council, near Abuja by the Nigerian office of Amnesty International, a global human rights organization.Addressing the participants during the training, comprising of youths from the Ushafa community and its environs, Marsha Nwanne Umeh, Human Rights Education coordinator for Amnesty International who, facilitated the training, told the youths that they have the rights to express themselves since Human rights instruments as well…

RAINFOREST 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 River…

RAINFOREST 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 Delivery Our Ref: RRDC – 2021/011                                                 Date: 11 – 05 – 2021His Excellency Governor Ben AyadeGovernor of Cross River StateGovernor’s OfficeCalabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.Phone/WhatsApp: +234 (0) 0803 5560 233Email: ayadeleon@gmail.comYour Excellency, Sir,THE PROSPECT OF IMMINENT COLLAPS OF A VALUABLE PRISTINETROPICAL HIGH FOREST ECOSYSTEM :- ENCROACHMENT ON OKUNICOMMUNITY FOREST AND THE CROSS RIVER SOUTH FOREST RESERVEWe…

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…