Oil: Stealing the nation
NNPC building (file photo) ‘To say that Nigeria is being stolen is an understatement. It is a sordid situation’ By Nnimmo Bassey Shocking stories from the oil and gas sector continue to hit the news. Rather than being numbed by the monstrous pillaging of the nation, Nigerians should wake up to the wakeup call, […]
How civil society groups, communities, worked against privatisation of water in Africa
CAPPA officials and other civil society groups at the event in Lagos. ‘Water remains the most fundamental necessity for life. Giant corporations like Veolia and Suez, backed by international financial institutions like the World Bank, are lobbying governments to privatise water across Africa’ By Valentine Amanze Local communities, civil society groups, Labour, the clergy […]
Real Vs False Climate Change Solutions
Bassey (file photo) By Nnimmo Bassey Words by Bassey at the School of Ecology on Agroecology as a Real Solution to Climate Change. 01 November 2022 The ravages of climate change on Africa and other vulnerable territories are by now clear to all who care to pay attention except those in sheer denial. Extreme […]
CAPPA decries effect of global emissions on Africa
CAPPA Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi (middle) with other officials, Philip Jakpor; and Zikora Ibe (right) at the event. Oluwafemi pointed out that South Africa also had its unfair share with floods that led to mudslides that claimed hundreds of deaths, lamenting that the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report predicted that the […]
