Over 25% more fossil fuel lobbyists than last year, flooding crucial COP climate talks—-Report

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By Mandy Park More fossil fuel lobbyists, 636 in number, than representatives of the ten nations most impacted by the climate crisis registered to attend COP27 according to reports. A large number of the fossil fuel lobbyists, going by reports have been registered to the COP27 climate talks, affiliated with some of the world’s biggest polluting oil and gas giants. This is an increase of over 25% from COP26, showing a rise in the influence of the fossil fuel industry at the climate talks that are already rife with accusations…

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We remember Ken Saro Wiwa, 27 years on

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By Sobomabo Jackrich I am Ambassador Sobomabo Jackrich, Executive Director of the Network For Defence of Democracy and Good Governance. Today is the 27th memorial anniversary of the brutal execution of Ken Saro Wiwa and 8 others. I stand with the families of Ogoni 9, and Ogoni 4, ( AKA Ogoni 13 ) together with thousands of other Ogoni martyrs who paid the Supreme price, in the days of the struggle to restore our hope. They paid the Supreme price for the Social, Economic, and Environmental Emancipation of Ogoniland, Niger…

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My Drug Allegations Dead As Dodo – APC Presidential Candidate, Tinubu Reacts To Certified US Court 4 On Indictment

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By Mandy Park          The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has broken his silence following damning revelations about his alleged drug and money laundering deals in the United States. Recall that a US court had released the certified judgment documents where Tinubu was indicted of drug dealings and money laundering in 1993. The certified US court judgment documents surfaced and have been making the rounds on the internet since Tuesday, showing that a US District Court indicted the former Lagos State governor for…

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Tinubu Must Come Clean Or Quit — Obi/Datti Media group

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By Omocho Kalu The Obi-Datti Media Office said it has come to the inescapable conclusion that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, must come clean with his past, engage Nigerians, explain himself or quit. This according to the group is because the office he seeks to occupy requires a man who should be clean in all ramifications without contradictory nuances. The demand it noted further is in response to the damaging document released by a United States court about Tinubu’s past which entails that…

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Aba Ngwa People’s Forum Adopts Hon Dame Blessing Nwagba

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… drums support for her senatorial bid …Dame Nwagba is a collective project–Engr Greg Obinna …I will not disappoint–Dame Nwagba By Mandy Park It was another adoption galore as the Aba-Ngwa People’s Forum AKA Aba-Ngwa Youth Congress, the foremost sociocultural group in Aba made up of the indigenous people of Aba North and Aba South adopted Hon Dame Blessing Nwagba Ph.D the APC Senatorial Candidate for Abia South Senatorial District as their candidate for the Senatorial election in the forthcoming 2023 election. The occasion took place yesterday, Monday 7, Nov…

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Obi won’t participate in debates with Atiku, Tinubu absent–Campaign Council

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By Mandy Park Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Obi, has said he would not participate in ‘mixed’ debates where other presidential candidates, particularly Atiku and Tinubu are absent or send in representatives. Director General of the Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe, gave this hint at a press conference in Abuja, yesterday, against the backdrop of the town hall in Abuja on Sunday where the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar were absent.Delta State governor, Ifeanyi…

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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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Just In: Hushpuppi Sentenced To 11 Years Imprisonment For Internet Fraud

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The United States Central District Court in California has sentenced a popular Nigerian internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi, to 11 years imprisonment. The brand ambassador of Gucci will spend only 9 years in the US prison because he has already spent 2 years in prison.Recall that Hushpuppi was in June 2020 arrested in Dubai, over a detailed fraud and money laundering technique that has deprived victims of their money in many countries. He pleaded guilty to cooperation to engage in money laundering with numerous individuals within and…

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