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African CSOs Unite to Share Global South Priorities Ahead of Plastic Treaty INC-5.2

GAIA Africa Hosts Media Briefing to Mobilise African Journalists in Support of an Ambitious Global Plastics Treaty GAIA Africa hosted an online media briefing for African journalists ahead of the resumed fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) on the Global Plastics Treaty. Held on July 24, the session emphasised the critical role of journalists in amplifying the key priorities of African civil society, urging governments to adopt an ambitious position against plastic pollution, and unpacking the treaty’s regional implications. Africa has played a leading role in the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, beginning with the adoption of  AMCEN Decision 19/2 —a landmark mandate by African ministers that firmly established the continent’s priorities. This decision solidified the African Group of Negotiators’ (AGN) common position, committing the region to advocate for a legally binding global treaty that  addresses plastic pollution across its entire ...
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Public Hearing: EDEN wants NASS to strip Governors of Powers under Land Use Act

The Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN) has urged the National Assembly to expunge sections of the Land Use Act that grants governors limitless powers to revoke and expropriate lands at will, insisting that practical examples have shown them to be inhibitors of development.   EDEN made this demand and a host of others at the just-concluded zonal public hearing on the proposed alteration to the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999. Other demands that EDEN made included a call for enforcement of environment protection to serve as pivotal support for life and livelihoods, citizens’ participation in the budget and the need for independent electoral bodies, among others.   In a memorandum to the House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution the group said that under the Land Use Act as currently enforced here is overreach on the part of the governors hence Sections 21, 26 and 28 of the Act should be expunged.   T...

A NEW CIRCLE - Elvira Jordan

A NEW CIRCLE - Elvira Jordan Good Morning Beloved 💛 I am one who is very much in love with numbers and numerology. I believe numbers are the first language… a well organized system of communication between the spiritual and the physical realms.  This brings me to a very peculiar number which is 7. Alas we are in the 7th month of the year 2025, and even the 7th month is wrapping up. In my study of numbers, 7 speaks of completion, wholeness, perfection and the end of a season.  In the world of astrology, there are 3 different planet retrogrades that indicate a completion of a circle, which may unearth the past and bring some buried feelings, friendships, knowledge, experiences, wounds and traumas to the fore.  Even though I don’t understand astrology so much, I believe that some (not all) of these things play a role in our everyday existence and could guide us through life. If you look at your life and the world around you with a bird’s-eye view, you may see patterns of en...

Landmark Delta Summit for River Deltas; A Beacon of Hope for Niger Delta

By Erabanabari Love Theophilus, Gender and Climate Expert The DeltasUNite is an initiative conceived and led by Amb. Freeman Elohor Oluowo, the founder and Coordinator of the African Centre for Climate Actions and Rural Development (ACCARD). The DeltasUNite initiative birthed the first UNCCRD Delta Summit which was held at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT),  Thailand from 17-20 March 2025.  The landmark delta summit is part of a global process and an initiative to demand for a  United Nations Convention for Conservation of River Deltas (UNCCRD), which was unveiled at the 2023 United Nations Climate Conference (COP28) which was held in Dubai . In March 2025, the Delta Summit gathered over 150 delegates who are key delta stakeholders from 24 countries at the Asian Institute of Science and Technology (AIT), Bangkok Thailand. It was an inclusive and high-level gathering of indigenous peoples and community representatives, academia, governments, local, national and inter...

RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE - Elvira Jordan

RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE - Elvira Jordan Good Morning Beloved 💡 A little over a year ago I made a very bad decision. The consequences of this decision didn’t take long to show but the most difficult part of making a wrong choice is trying to do a reverse. Despite this little lapse on my path that has taken me so long to fix, as one who will always seek the little sip of light in every darkness, I held on to the fact that every situation is meant to elevate me, sooner or later and it actually is. Taking a little drift down memory lane, it became obvious that what I may physically read as a bad decision was a path to change… a different school where I had to learn some vital aspects of life and myself. When you learn to see things from a birds-eye-view, you will see that every step, every interaction, every move, every action and inaction falls into a chain reaction of events that take you from one point to another. It is true that some events may have taken you a few steps backwards or slig...

SEARCH And Partners Execute Livelihood Projects in Niger Delta

Search for Common Ground and its consortium partners are making significant progress in the implementation of an 18-month European Union funded peacebuilding project titled: Community Centered Approach to Transforming Criminality and Violence in the Niger Delta across Rivers, Delta, and Bayelsa States.  The project, which spans 66 communities in 33 Local Government Areas, aims to strengthen peace through sustainable development and community empowerment. In a statement signed by the Mass Media & Information Management Coordinator of EU Niger Delta, Sunny Dada revealed a major component of the initiative which  includes the execution of various livelihood support projects designed to address both economic needs and local infrastructure gaps.  These include the construction of cassava and palm oil processing mill in Ogbakiri, markets, lock-up stores in Khana , installation of solar-powered boreholes in Mbiama, provision of fishing nets, and the provision of solar toilet...

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH CLIMATE LITIGATIONS

Environmental activists and legal practitioners are calling for unity in the pursuit of environmental accountability in Nigeria and want Nigerians to utilize the ongoing constitutional amendment exercise to demand for a review of the environmental laws in the country. They reject a system that puts absolute power over Nigeria’s natural resources in the hands of the federal government, abandoning the victims of oil and gas pollution in local communities.   This was their position at a one-day hybrid programme organized by Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN), in collaboration with the Nigeria Chambers of the International Law Association and the Chima Williams and Associates at EDEN Head office in Benin City, Edo State. . The program explored the negative impacts of climate change on local communities, the role of polluting corporations and how the Nigerian constitution has aided pollution, derailing environmental accountability.   Executive Director of EDEN, Barr. Chima Will...