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Press Release: YEAC-NIGERIA CONDEMNS THE UNPROVOKED ATTACK, KILLING OF 16 SOLDIERS IN DELTA STATE, CALLS FOR THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, JUSTICE, RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Press Release II, March 18, 2024 YEAC-NIGERIA CONDEMNS THE UNPROVOKED ATTACK, KILLING OF 16 SOLDIERS IN DELTA STATE, CALLS FOR THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, JUSTICE, RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) condemns, in the strongest terms, the unprovoked attack and killing of 16 soldiers in Delta State, calls for thorough investigation, respect…

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YEAC-NIGERIA COMMENDS HYPREP FOR COMMENCING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EX-ARTISANAL REFINERS; CONDEMNS ATTACK ON HYPREP, OTHERS

YEAC-NIGERIA COMMENDS HYPREP FOR COMMENCING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EX-ARTISANAL REFINERS; CONDEMNS ATTACK ON HYPREP, OTHERS The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) has commended the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), led by Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey, for starting to carry out one of its suggestions: giving former artisanal refiners in the Ogoni area new…

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REPORT OF THE CASE BETWEEN YEAC-NIGERIA AND FYNEFACE DUMNAMENE vs. MR. MAO NANGI OBU AT THE RIVERS STATE HIGH COURT SITTING IN PORT HARCOURT HELD TODAY, MARCH 12, 2024

REPORT OF THE CASE BETWEEN YEAC-NIGERIA AND FYNEFACE DUMNAMENE vs. MR. MAO NANGI OBU AT THE RIVERS STATE HIGH COURT SITTING IN PORT HARCOURT HELD TODAY, MARCH 12, 2024 The court adjourned this case to today because the judge was absent during the last sitting. During today’s substantive hearing, Mr. Fyneface Dumnamene Fyneface entered the…

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Press Release: ALERT: EX-ARTISANAL REFINERS’ PROTEST LOOMS AS PRESIDENT TINUBU KEEPS MUM OVER DEMANDS

Press Release I, March 4, 2024 ALERT: EX-ARTISANAL REFINERS’ PROTEST LOOMS AS PRESIDENT TINUBU KEEPS MUM OVER DEMANDS The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) has alerted the public to a looming spontaneous mass protest by ex-artisanal refiners across the Niger Delta, as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, remains silent despite being informed to nip…

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Support Renewable Electricity to Umuolu Community

The renewable electricity project in Umuolu Community, Delta State, Nigeria, is a project aimed at providing electricity for the first time to people who have never had access to it in their entire lifetime, except for those who can  afford generators, by utilising clean energy sources. This project will also address local environmental issues. We…

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FULL REPORT OF NASS HEARING OF YEAC-NIGERIA’S PETITION AGAINST MEDICAL FACILITIES ON LATE DR. BARINE LENEE DEATH

ABUJA-FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY – On Wednesday, February 7, 2024, the National Assembly House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions summoned Princess Medical Centre, Port Harcourt, for the hearing of the Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre’s (YEAC-Nigeria) petition against it and three other private medical facilities in Rivers State for refusing to offer medical services to…

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Executive Director’s Message on World Wetlands Day 2024

My name is Fyneface, Dumnamene Fyneface. I’m an environmental justice activist, human rights defender, and the Executive Director of the Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria). As the world marks 2024 International Wetlands Day today, February 2, I call on the people of Nigeria, the people of the Niger Delta, the people of River State,…

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Press Release: CRUDE OIL SPILL ALERT: AN OIL SPILL HAS OCCURRED ON SPDC PIPELINE IN RIVERS STATE

Press Release V 20-01-2024 CRUDE OIL SPILL ALERT: AN OIL SPILL HAS OCCURRED ON SPDC PIPELINE IN RIVERS STATE The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) has confirmed a crude oil spill on a pipeline belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) Ltd. in Rivers State. According to members of the Advocacy Centre’s…

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