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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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We are yet to effectively communicate climate chage

We are yet to effectively communicate climate change

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In 2015, the Comity of Nations put in place the Paris Agreement, a legally binding international treaty on climate change. The agreement is considered a landmark effort in addressing Climate Change, it is a binding agreement that brings together nations for a collective cause to embark on determining work to fight climate change and adapt …

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Tatagyiya FCT community relies on dirty ponds for drinking water

Tatagyiya FCT community relies on dirty ponds for drinking water

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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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NMDPRA awards Depot construction to a non-existent company

Retraction: NMDPRA awards Depot construction to a non-existent company

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On the 16 day of May, 2024 we published a story “NMDPRA awards Depot construction to a non-existent company”.  Where we misrepresented Noretek Energy Limited as Novertek  Energy Limited. We hereby retract the said story. Our action is based on the explanation from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority ( NMDPRA) regarding the story. …

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Sumpe FCT community relies on dirty streams for drinking water

Sumpe FCT community relies on dirty streams for drinking water

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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

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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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Women, Children risk death in FCT community over collapsed health facility 

Women, Children risk death in FCT community over collapsed health facility 

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Women and Children in the Kigbe community at Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT-Abuja), Nigeria’s capital city risk death over a collapsed healthcare facility.  This is even as the community residents rely on the collapsed health facility for their healthcare delivery. This is a circumstance that puts women and children in a …

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NNPC refuses disclosure, abandons Jos Oil Pipeline Project

NNPC refuses disclosure, abandons Jos Oil Pipeline Project

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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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Let Shapi community benefit from N1.15 trillion FCT Budget

Let Shapi community benefit from N1.15 trillion FCT Budget

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The Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA), should ensure that the Shapi community located at Gumbu ward in Kwali Area Council of FCT that relies on dirty ponds as a source of drinking water benefits from the N1.15 trillion 2024 FCT Budget.  Monitng, civic public accountability has exposed how the Shapi community suffers a huge infrastructural …

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The Role of Participatory Communication in Community Development

The Role of Participatory Communication in Community Development

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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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