Executive Director, Centre for Social Justice, Eze Onyekpere Amid growing concern that inadequate resources are available to meet Nigeria’s environmental goals and projects, especially its Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, civil…
After a one-day non air operation, Arik Air has resumed normal flights Wednesday morning, 24 hours after it suspended operations over problems with insurance. In a statement on its website, Arik Air, Nigeria’s biggest airline, said it will resume flights at…
Enrollment of Bank Verification Number (BVN) for savings, fixed and current accounts in Nigeria has climaxed 46.39 million for the, Daily Trust has learned. According to the industry data by the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), the recorded number was…
My great mentor asked me one day, a few years ago, why after the appointment of a Receiver/Manager by GTB over the assets of HiTV I gave up fighting and just rolled into a semi coma. He said this because,…
Eze Onyekpere That we are losing export proceeds of about 700,000 barrels of crude oil a day due to the militancy in the Nigeria Delta could have been predicted by a layman who followed closely the hard rhetoric and the…
There have been interesting arguments over Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun’s observation that “recession is just a word”, and NAN MD, Bayo Onanuga claiming that reports of hardship in the land is exaggerated propaganda. I think we need to break down the subject further…
EnviroNews Nigeria in collaboration with Climate & Sustainable Development Network of Nigeria (CSDevNet) Present A Webinar titled: “Nigeria and Climate Change: Preparing for COP22 with Nnimmo Bassey” Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM WAT Details: Mr…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is making progressive strides to fulfil its High 5 mandate. In May 2015, the AfDB, under the leadership of the Special Envoy on Gender, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, launched the Fashionomics – “the economy of fashion” –…
The operation of Arik Air, Nigeria’s biggest private airline, was on Tuesday disrupted due to aircraft insurance renewal, leaving its passengers stranded across airports in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that all the airlines’ scheduled flights…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to Mr. Maina Kiai, the United Nations, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, drawing his attention to continuous “harassment and intimidation of…
