Day: November 5, 2022

CAPPA, environmental stakeholders condemn effect of global emissions on Africa
… want Nigeria to stop policy inconsistency on climate change

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By Mandy Park  The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) with other environmentali-based groups have raised the alarm that although Africa carries the greatest burdens of climate change the continent contributes less than three percent of global emissions. Also they lamented the devastating effect of the change, which caused massive floods in Nigeria, Chad, Republic of Benin, and Cameroon. This is as CAPPA wants Nigerian government to stop further policy summersault on climate change issues and articulate the project properly with clarity. Oluwafemi Said that the project was informed…

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Hon Blessing Nwagba extol virtues of Brig General Amanda Azubuike, Ada Eme, Onyinyechi Mark, and Ugee Royalty
… says they are trailblazers, worthy Igbo daughters

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By Mandy Park Hon Dame Blessing Nwagba, the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Abia South senatorial district, has lauded the great strides of Brig General Amanda Azubuike who was recently promoted to the rank of Brig General in the US Army. Also she praised the doggedness ofAda Eme, for winning the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageantry, the resilience, hardwork, and confidence of Onyinyechi Mark, for her record-breaking four gold medals in Egypt, and Kalu Esther Ugochi for winning the De9ja talent hunt.” They made Igbo women proud.…

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AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS MUST DEMAND CLIMATE JUSTICE AT COP27

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By:  Philip Jakpor Africa is on the menu again. This time, it’s a renewed scramble for oil and gas by Global North Governments like France, Germany, the United States, and Italy. Renewed interest in fossil fuels in Africa spiked since Russia cut off gas to most of Europe in response to sanctions imposed on it by the bloc after its invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Beyond the climate crisis that has engulfed most of Africa and the Global South at large heightened by fossil fuel extractions, the new scramble…

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