ODIMODI CRY OUT OVER GAS LEAKAGE FROM AGIP FACILITY
Location: Odimodi Community, Burutu LGA, Delta State. Estimated Discovery of Leakage: 3 Months Ago Site Visited By ERA/FoEN: 5th of July, 2023 1.0 Introduction Odimodi is an Ijaw riverine community located in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. The community has an estimated population of about 5,000 people. It is the headquarters of the Iduwini […]
ERA/FoEN partners NEITI on IOC divestment campaign, environmental issues
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) will partner to address the myriad of challenges in the oil and gas industry, including holding multinational oil corporations accountable for the despoilation of the environment in oil-producing communities. This decision was reached at a meeting of executives […]
ERA/FoEN pays a working visit to Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative
On 20 June 2023, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) team and volunteers working on the Energy Transition Fund visited the top echelon of the leadership of the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) in the organization’s new office in Abuja. The team, led by the ERA/FoEN Executive Director, Chima Williams discussed […]
ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS ACTION/ FRIENDS OF THE EARTH NIGERIA | ZERO WASTE MANAGEMENT MODEL IN NIGERIA
By Ubrei-Joe Maimoni Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has focused its efforts on promoting our zero-waste model more vigorously. The model has great appeal and enables the potential for a shift from plastic utilization and a move towards separation at source, composting, recycling, and waste reduction mechanisms in communities where the model […]
ERA Accuses IOCs Of Distorting Concept Of “Divestment” To Confuse Communities And Make Them Poorer
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria(ERA/FoEN) has accused the international oil companies(IOCs) of distorting the concept of divestment to confused host communities so that they will not be held accountable for years of polluting the environment Executive Director of ERA, Barr Chima Williams, said at a one-day “Community-CSOs Engagement” organised by ERA/Friends of […]
COMMUNIQUÈ REACHED AT THE END OF DIALOGUE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS HELD BY ZERO WASTE AMBASSADORS (ZeWA) ON TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2023 AT FRESH SPRINGS HOTEL, UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE.
Zero Waste Ambassadors (ZeWA) as part of its activities in strengthening local capacities for improved waste management in the Niger Delta met with Environmental Health Officers in Akwa Ibom State for dialogue on how to foster a zero-waste society in Akwa Ibom State. The dialogue handled by Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth (ERA/FoEN) […]
The Buhari Years: What We Ordered vs What We Got
The outgoing administration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s environmental protection footprints in the past eight years can be evaluated under two subheadings thus: Policies and Legislations Within the past eight years of the outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari administration, I can say some milestones were achieved in the area of legislation and policies for the protection of […]
ANEEJ Hosts Second People’s AGM – Newsdiaryonline
… Case Against She’ll, the Executive Director of Environmental Rights Agenda, ERA, Barrister Chima Williams led the AGM to take a position.
ERA Joins other groups to Launch Pesticide Atlas
Pesticide Atlas was launched by the Alliance for Action on Pesticide In Nigeria (AANP) on the 3rd of April 2023. ANNP is a coalition of NGOs, academia, and experts who seek to increase awareness and demand improved regulation of the pesticides market in Nigeria. ERA/ FoEN is one of the founding members of ANNP. This […]
Deputy Executive Director, ERA/FoE, Mariann Bassey-Orovwuje, makes the list of 100 Leading Women in Nigeria
The Deputy Executive Director, of Nigeria’s foremost advocacy non-governmental organization, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria, Mariann Bassey-Orovwuje, is among this year’s proud listees of “Nigeria Women Annual 100 Leading Women.” This year’s sterling list of Nigeria’s foremost women leaders is a mixed grill of tech experts, pastors, politicians, teachers, activists, development practitioners, and […]