N20bn NDDC Utilization fund: ANEEJ backs Edo call for Probe
The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has thrown its weight behind a call from the Edo State Government for a forensic probe of the activities of the…
Detained Nigerian activist, Chido Onumah, released
A Nigerian activist who was arrested on Sunday has been released. Chido Onumah was arrested by the State Security Service, SSS, at the Abuja airport on Sunday evening at about 5:00 p.m.…
SSS arrests Nigerian activist Chido Onumah
Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS) has arrested an activist, Chido Onumah. Mr. Onumah, a journalist and author, was arrested at the Abuja airport on Sunday evening, an associate told PREMIUM…
OBITUARY: Naagbanton, activist who sued Shell for pollution of Ogoni community and won
The Centre for the Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD), a non-governmental organisation, has announced the death of its founder, Patrick Naagbanton, 49-year-old activist, critic and journalist. According to CEHRD,…
Dishonouring the dead, endangering the living
How residents of Kurudu Gbagyi community in Nigeria’s Federal Capital and their dead struggle for space with a burgeoning refuse dump sited atop the communal cemetery By Nnamdi Okosieme…
