Special Reports/ Interviews

Subsidy Removal Where Are The 2012 Activists

Subsidy Removal: Where Are The 2012 Activists?

As Nigerians now buy a litre of petrol at N900 it becomes fundamental to interrogate the action that led to the 2012 uprising where Nigerians poured out on the streets when the government of Mr. Goodluck Jonathan, former Nigerian president increased the price of petrol from N65 to N141 per litre. The Civil society organizations, …

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Nigeria's Non-Compliance With Disclosure a Challenge to Extractive Transparency 

Nigeria’s Non-Compliance With Disclosure a Challenge to Extractive Transparency 

The Nigerian state’s non-compliance with disclosure continues to be a challenge confronting its extractive industry transparency. Nowhere does non-compliance happen like the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), saddled with the responsibility of managing and harnessing Nigeria’s oil and gas. The non-disclosure by the NPPC in the way it carries out activities in the extractive sector …

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Tatagyiya FCT community relies on dirty ponds for drinking water

Tatagyiya FCT community relies on dirty ponds for drinking water

Residents of the Tatagyiya community in the Gwagwa area of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT-Abuja) Nigeria’s capital city rely on dirty ponds for safe drinking water. Monitng, civic public accountability exposed how the Tatagyiya community suffers a huge infrastructural deficit and relies on dirty ponds as a source of drinking water. We appeal …

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Sumpe FCT community relies on dirty streams for drinking water

Sumpe FCT community relies on dirty streams for drinking water

An estimated 1000 population of the Sumpe community in  Bwari Area Council of Federal Capital Territory (FCT-Abuja) Nigeria’s capital city relies on dirty streams for safe drinking water.  Monitng, civic public accountability exposed how the Sumpe community suffers a huge infrastructural deficit and relies on dirty streams as a source of drinking water.  We appeal …

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Kano Gas Project It is the Citizen's Right to Know Extractive Deal

Kano Gas Project: It is the Citizen’s Right to Know Extractive Deal

Residents of the Rigar Duka community in Kura Local Government Area of Kano state say they do not have concrete information regarding the Gas Pipeline project taking place in their area.  This affirms the secrecy in the activities of Nigeria’s extractive deal that makes it seem citizens have no right to information about the extractive …

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NNPC refuses disclosure, abandons Jos Oil Pipeline Project

NNPC refuses disclosure, abandons Jos Oil Pipeline Project

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) saddled with the responsibility of managing and harnessing Nigeria’s oil and gas in what appears an attitude to a disregard for accountability that has helped undermine its country’s extractive sector, has refused to disclose contract deals, and has abandoned the Jos oil pipeline project. Under the deal, NNPC awarded …

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The Role of Participatory Communication in Community Development

The Role of Participatory Communication in Community Development

Policymakers, development agents, and communicators often disregard the involvement of the people in the dialogue and negotiation on issues affecting them. Rather, we often impose ready-made solutions as a replacement for local knowledge and solutions. Policymakers and development practitioners often fail to realize that participatory communication holds the key to an inclusive decision-making process that …

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Homegrown solution impacting Nigeria’s energy transition, Climate mitigation

Homegrown solution impacting Nigeria’s energy transition, Climate mitigation

Homegrown solutions are impacting how energy is produced and used in Nigeria, playing a key role in the country’s energy transition and climate change mitigation. It is contributing to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and improving energy security. Ndiir Solomon, a high school student of Kusaki College in Benue State in Benue State, North-Central …

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International Equinox Earth Day Celebration 2024 Earth belongs to everyone

International Equinox Earth Day Celebration 2024: Earth belongs to everyone

Annually, there is a global international Equinox Earth Day Celebration to renew our collective commitment to honour the Earth and promote peace for all to live and enjoy the Earth that belongs to us all. As we celebrate the Equinox Earth Day on this 19th day of March 2024, we must hold on to our …

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SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides under PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability

SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides under PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability

Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited  (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard for accountability, says it is not under obligation to disclose its dealings and be accountable to the public in the way it operates. NNPCL made this known in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) …

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