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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 

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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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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

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

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

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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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How inequality affects women in mining sector economic empowerment

How inequality affects women in mining sector economic empowerment

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One of the areas inequality affects women and makes them economically disadvantaged is the mining sector. And, this appears to be a long-time practice that is not likely to go away until huge investments in advocacy and engagements are made. In this report by Mr. Liberty Oseni, the Coordinator of MAWA -Foundation focusing on how …

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