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COP29 Fallout: HOMEF, CAPPA, Others Insist On $8trn Climate Reparation

African Civil society organisations (CSOs) including Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), have doubled down on their demand for up to $8 trillion USD, annually as climate change reparations from industrialised...

Stop The Rumour, the Port Harcourt Refinery is working! … As Peter Obi Commends NNPCL For Reviving The Refinery

Stakeholders and community leaders around the Port Harcourt Refinery have doused the groundswell of rumours and speculations that the recently revived and re-streamed refinery was not working. Last Tuesday, the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, announced the “safe and...

Sanwo-olu Tasks Lagosians On Opportunities In Waste-To-Wealth

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called on stakeholders to maximise opportunities presented by waste materials, as the state tackles its environmental challenges.  The governor, according to Mrs. Kadiri Folashade (Mrs.), LAWMA's Director of Public Affairs, made the call...

Enugu State-Born Politician, Chinedu Mba, To Be Arraigned Mar. 19, For Alleged Criminal Offences

Justice Yellim Bogoro of a Federal High Court, has fixed March 19, 2025, for the arraignment of Honourable Chinedu Mba, a politician from Enugu State, on alleged criminal offences of giving false information; fraudulent conversion of N56 million; and...

HURMA Condemns Attack on Harmless Task Force Officers, •Calls For Arrest, Prosecution Of Alleged Attackers

The Human Rights Monitoring Agenda (HURMA) has condemned the recent attack on a state officer from Lagos State Special Task Force on Land Grabbing LSSTFLG in Epe area of Lagos State and request urgent investigation and prosecution of culprits. The...

COP29: Africa MBPP Raises Alarm Over Carbon Market Talks 

The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) partners has expressed deep concern on the ongoing discussions surrounding Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, particularly as it relates to carbon markets, at the COP29 United Nations climate talks happening now...

NJC Clears Justice Lifu Of FHC Of $1 Million Bribery Allegations

Justice Peter Odo Lifu Of Nigeria's Federal High Court The National Judicial Council (NJC) has dismissed four petitions filed against Justice Peter Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, regarding his rulings on political matters related to Rivers...

COP29: Nigerian, African CSOs Back G77, China’s Call For Climate Finance Trillions, Tech Transfer

At the ongoing COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Africa Make Big Pollution Pay (MPPP) Coalition, has thrown its weight behind a demand by developing countries led by G77 and China, for improved and just climate finance reparation in the...

CAPPA Tells Government To Show Financial Concerns In Addressing Diabetes Burden

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on government both at the federal and States level to demonstrate financial commitment towards reducing the risk of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases. The not-for-profit, in a statement availed this medium...

Nigerian, African Activists Protest As 1773 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Flood COP29

The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition comprising Nigerian and other African groups have condemned the presence of no fewer than 1773 fossil fuel lobbyists at the ongoing COP29 summit in Baku, warning that it is a barrier...
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COP29 Fallout: HOMEF, CAPPA, Others Insist On $8trn Climate Reparation

African Civil society organisations (CSOs) including Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and Health of Mother Earth Foundation...
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