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Ogoniland: CISLAC raises concerns over slow clean-up exercise

Ihesiulo Grace 13 March 2019

Joy Obakeye The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre has decried the slow clean-up of oil pollution in Ogoniland. The Programme Manager, Environment and Conservation of Nature, CISLAC, Mr Kolawole Banwo, made this known at a workshop in Lagos. “Emergency measures (health audit, alternative

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We are re-positioning the automotive sector for a better environment – NADDC Boss

Ihesiulo Grace 24 April 2018 0

The Director General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) Jelani Aliyu has said the Council is repositioning the automotive sector with the introduction of the automotive bill which is waiting for presidential assent. Aliyu made this known during a national workshop on reducing low Sulphur fuels and global fuel economy initiative in […]

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Ogoni cleanup: HYPREP begins implementation of UNEP Report

Ihesiulo Grace 1 January 2018 0

The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), an agency charged with the implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, Report on the clean-up of Ogoni and other Niger Delta areas has begun the implementation of the report area with healthcare outreach to the people. The agency has already embarked on health outreach programme in conjunction

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Reject Candidates Who Thwarted PIB, UNEP Report on Ogoniland – ERA/FoEN

Ihesiulo Grace 17 March 2015 0

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has commended the Hon. Ishaka Bawa-led 23 man- ad-hoc committee on Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) for recommending the removal of discretional powers of the president to grant petroleum even as it urged Nigerian electorate to deprive lawmakers currently seeking re-election votes if they are found to