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Press Release: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD: EMPOWER THE GIRL CHILD FOR OUR LEADERSHIP, WELL-BEING, YEAC-NIGERIA TELLS PARENTS, GOVT.

As the world marks the international day of the girl child today with the theme “Invest in Girls’ Rights: Our Leadership, Our Well-being”, the Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) has called on parents and governments at all levels to empower the girl child for leadership and well-being. In a statement released in Port Harcourt,…

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Press Release: Army Invades Rumuekpe Protest Ground; Lays People Down; Destroys Canopies, Chairs as Community Folks Allege Torture

The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) has received distress calls from youths of Rumuekpe Community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State alleging army invasion of their community’s protest ground, laying people down, destroying canopies, chairs, and torturing some others except women and children. Speaking in an exclusive telephone conversion with the Executive…

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2023 Daily Trust Unsung Hero Awardee: “Fyneface: Human Rights Defender Bringing Hope To Youths In N/Delta”

Daily Trust Newspaper’s Publication on the Executive Director of YEAC-Nigeria, Fyneface Dumnamene Fyneface on his recognition among its seven “2023 Unsung Heroes” Award is reproduced below as published on October 1, 2023. Fyneface Dumnamene Fyneface, an environmental justice activist and human rights defender, started his advocacy from his university days. Since then, he has been…

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YEAC-NIGERIA’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NAMED AMONG DAILY TRUST “2023 UNSUNG HEROES”

FYNEFACE DUMNAMENE MAKES DAILY TRUST NEWSPAPER’S 2023 UNSUNG HEROES LIST TODAY, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Fyneface Dumnamene Fyneface AND SOME OF HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEVELOPMENT IN THE NIGER DELTA, NIGERIA AND THE GULF OF GUINEA ON THE PLATFORM OF YOUTHS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY CENTRE (YEAC-NIGERIA) Advocacy Centre WHERE HE SERVES AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS PROFILED…

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YEAC-NIGERIA LOSES ITS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT, EXTERNAL AND RISK-BASED AUDITOR, BARINE LENEE, PH.D., ICAN, ACA

YEAC-NIGERIA LOSES ITS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT, EXTERNAL AND RISK-BASED AUDITOR, BARINE LENEE, PH.D., ICAN, ACA Dr. Barine, 41, from Buan Community in Khana LGA of Rivers State, is reported to have been killed under controversial circumstances on his way driving from Uyo, the Akwa-Ibom State capital, to Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Saturday,…

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Press Release: THE CRIMINAL DEN IN TRANS-AMADI/SLAUGHTER, SECURITY THREATS AND PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURES

Press Release III, October 2, 2023 THE CRIMINAL DEN IN TRANS-AMADI/SLAUGHTER, SECURITY THREATS, AND PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURES The increase in criminal activities around the Trans-Amadi/Slaughter area of Port Harcourt, which has metamorphosed into a criminal den, posing threats to law-abiding citizens who are molested, maimed, wounded, and killed in the process of stealing their belongings…

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Press Release: YEAC-NIGERIA CONDEMNS THE CONTINUOUS ENGAGEMENT IN ARTISANAL REFINERIES IN COMMUNITIES, LOST OF LIVES, DESPITE INTENSE ADVOCACY

Press Release III, October 2, 2023 YEAC-NIGERIA CONDEMNS THE CONTINUOUS ENGAGEMENT IN ARTISANAL REFINERIES IN COMMUNITIES, LOST OF LIVES, DESPITE INTENSE ADVOCACY The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) condemns the continuous engagement in artisanal crude oil refining activities in some communities across the Niger Delta despite intense campaigns and advocacy against crude oil theft,…

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YEAC-NIGERIA PARTICIPATES IN United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) PROGRAM IN THE SOUTH-SOUTH

REPORT ON STAKEHOLDERS’ ENGAGEMENT ON PREPARATION OF NIGERIA’S NATUONAL REPORT ON THE 4TH CYCLE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW (UPR) HELD ON 29TH SEMPTEMBER,2023, AT WATBRIDGE HOTELS AND SUITES, UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE. The event, the fourth cycle which many other civil society organizations from the six states of the south-south was the United Nations Universal Periodic Review…

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THANK YOU NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA (NAN), OTHER MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR MY ACTIVITIES, ADVOCACIES AND THAT OF YOUTHS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY CENTRE (YEAC-NIGERIA)

On Thursday, September 21, 2023, I was at the headquarters of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja-FCT to thank the Editor-In-Chief, Management and staff of the agency for their media support for my activities and advocacies at YEAC-NIGERIA where I serve as the Executive Director. It would be recalled that, in March this year…

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OGONI-CLEANUP: YEAC-NIGERIA FACILITATES SESSION AT HYPREP EVENT AGAINST RE-POLLUTION

The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre, YEAC Nigeria has proffered solutions to the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP on the re-pollution of Ogoniland through illegal oil bunkering activities and artisanal refineries. YEAC Nigeria advised HYPREP to create a database for those involved in artisanal refining activities with the aim of providing them alternative livelihoods opportunities,…

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