Colombia’s President Petro cancels oil deal with U.S. over pollution
Colombian President Gustavo Petro | File Image Petro: We are against fracking, because fracking is the death of nature, and the death of humanity By Valentine Amanze Colombian President Gustavo Petro has ordered the state-run oil company, Ecopetrol, to cancel a joint venture with a U.S.-owned company [Occidental] that was expected to produce around 90,000 […]
Access Bank appoints Uche Orji as independent non-executive director
Uche Orji | File Image Uche Orji joins Access Bank as independent non-executive director By Valentine Amanze Access Holdings Plc has appointed Mr. Uche Orji as an independent non-executive director of its flagship subsidiary, Access Bank Plc, with effect from January 7, 2025. This followed the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and […]
Tobacco industry’s deadly, discredited ‘Harm Reduction’ trick
Electronic Cigarattes | File Image By Robert Egbe The tobacco industry is aggressively lobbying governments and the public to embrace newer kinds of harmful tobacco products that it presents as “less harmful” or “safer” than traditional tobacco use. This is despite the millions of people its products kill yearly, and the thousands more whose health […]
Access Bank to host pioneering Africa Trade Conference in Cape Town
Access Ban logo | File Image By Valentine Amanze Access Bank’s Africa Trade Conference (ATC) holds in Cape Town, South Africa, on March 12, 2025. The landmark event, which focuses on advancing Africa’s economic transformation under the theme, “Empowering Africa Through Trade, Innovation, and Sustainable Growth,” is poised to bring together the most influential voices […]
Ogoniland: What must be done before resumption of oil operations – EDEN
Devastating oil spill in Ogoniland | File Image By Valentine Amanze The Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN) has appealed to the federal government and and all the relevant agencies to dialogue meaninfully with the Ogoni people before any resumption of oil operations in Ogoniland as proposed by the Bola Tinubu-led administration. EDEN Executive Director, Chima Williams, […]
Why United Airlines flight from Nigeria to U.S. was turned back
United Airlines fligt | File Image United Airlines flight from Nigeria to the U.S. was forced to turn back after ‘unexpected aircraft movement’ By Valentine Amanze Danger averted as at the weekend as a United Airlines flight from Nigeria to the U.S.made an emergency landing following a technical issue. Though multiple injuries were recorded, there […]
WTO chief, Okonjo-Iweala, warns against ‘catastrophic’ tit-for-tat tariffs
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Credit: X/@WTO World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General, Prof Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, cautioned nations to keep calm over tariffs, warning that a tit-for-tat trade war would be “catastrophic” for the world economy. Okonjo-Iweala made the appeal Thursday during a panel discussion on tariffs at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in a […]
Budget: Why we’re against FG’s N8b allocation for enlightenment on payment of electricity bills, by NLC
NLC President Joe Ajaero | File Image Ajaero: Power is a sector where the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) despite the enormous power invested in it by the Electricity Act of 2023 has continuously demonstrated incapacity to regulate or outrightly refused to discharge its responsibilities to electricity consumers in Nigeria while the Minister in charge […]
CAPPA advocates N300m Tobacco Control budget, appeals to NASS
Akinbode Oluwafemi, CAPPA’s executive director | File Image Oluwafemi: By establishing the TCF, the federal government recognised the enormous public health risks posed by tobacco and the role of adequate financial resources to combat them By Valentine Amanze The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), one of the continent’s biggest human rights and environment […]
We don’t need Sanusi’s advice on FG’s policies – Presidency
Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II | File Image By Valentine Amanze The presidency has warned the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) former governor and the Emir of Kano, His Highness, Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, to desist from commenting on the federal government’s policies, stressing that his advice was not needed for the country’s economic growth. The […]
