SDN
28 Sep
Executive Director of Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN), Adam Heal, has lamented that despite concerted efforts, there has been no significant improvement in addressing oil spills and pollution in the Niger Delta region over the past decade. He also stressed the need for responsible exit strategies for international oil companies planned divestment from the region. Heal…
25 Sep
A United Kingdom-based non-governmental organisation, Stakeholder Democracy Network, and the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) have concluded arrangements to use satellite-based technology to identify hotspots of methane in Ogoniland and Niger Delta region. NOSDRA Director General, Engr. Chukwuemeka Woke, Wednesday, revealed this development when receiving the Executive Director of SDN, Adam Heal…
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The federal government says it's leaving no stone unturned to attract foreign investors in the new year and rebrand the country's battered image abroad. Towards this end, the government is expected to sign a two-year tenure initiative with global media company, Bloomberg, to help revive the country's ailing economy. This was contained in a statement…
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed its support for the Federal Government of Nigeria against allegations by the Niger Republic junta of a military alliance between Nigeria and France. General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the military leader of Niger Republic, had accused Nigeria and France in a viral video of conspiring to undermine…
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A report has highlighted the suffering faced by Nigerian women serving as domestic workers in Iraq, a country they initially believed to be their "El Dorado." Al Jazeera documents the story of Agnes (not her real name), a 27-year-old woman who left Ekiti State for Iraq after agents promised her a dream life. These agents…
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Governor Bala Mohammed has replaced Barr. Kashim Ibrahim with Aminu Hammayo as the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) after the former was directed to tender his resignation over an undisclosed issue. Mohammed has also replaced his former Principal Private Secretary (PPS), Samaila Burga, who resigned to become the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in…
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A former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has dismissed the claim by the junta leader of Niger Republic, Abdourahamane Tchiani, about the complicity of Nigeria in the formation of the Lakurawa terrorist group as baseless and ‘wild conjectures’. chiani had in a Christmas day broadcast revealed that Nigeria was harbouring the Lakurawa terrorists. The…
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The board chairman of the Prison Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Dr Olayide Adelami, celebrated Christmas with inmates on Wednesday at Owo Correctional Facility and charged them to spend time reflecting on God's words and acknowledging Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Referencing the book of Isaiah chapter 9 verse 6, Adelami, who is the…
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of two people and 15 others injuried in a lone accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus at Saapade on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Spokesperson of FRSC in Ogun confirmed the incident on Thursday in Abeokuta. Okpe noted that the accident occurred at…
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The Senate has praised Dr. Aliko Dangote's quest to put Nigeria on the global map by creating a heavy-duty truck assembly plant.
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Japanese stocks rose Friday on a weaker yen after a muted day on Wall Street following the Christmas holiday.
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India on Friday announced seven days of state mourning after the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, one of the architects of the country's economic liberalisation in the early 1990s.