A crude oil spill has been reported in Ogale in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State today, February 3, thus welcoming the Federal University of Environmental Technology, Ogoni, established today by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, through his assent to a bill passed by the National Assembly sponsored by Senator Barinaadaa Mpigi representing the…
The Nigeria team on the international collaborative research project titled “Protecting African youth who are NEET against depression: An investigation of differentially impactful, multisystemic resilience-enablers,” also called “Resilience Youths, not in education, employment, or training (R-NEET),” led by the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and funded by Wellcome Trust, UK, has successfully concluded three consecutive…
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…
The medical facility that refused to treat late Dr. Barine Lenee, ACA, 41, for not possessing a police report, leading to his bleeding to death in Port Harcourt, has denied the rejection, as the National Assembly House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions commits to ensuring that justice prevails in the matter. At a hearing…
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,…
The House of Representatives has summoned hospitals that failed to treat a victim over the non-possession of a police report. Barine Lenee, Ph.D was died on September 30, 2023, as the hospitals he managed and rushed to refused to treat him after he was stabbed by suspected robber who only dispossessed him of his handset…
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…
Press Release IV, January 16, 2024. YOU’RE FREE TO SELL ONSHORE ASSETS BUT ADDRESS LIABILITIES FIRST, YEAC-NIGERIA TELLS SHELL …CALLS ON FG NOT TO APPROVE SALES OF SPDC WITHOUT BLUEPRINT ON LIABILITY, COMMUNITY EQUITY Fyneface Dumnamene Fyneface, Executive Director of the Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria), said Shell is free to sell its onshore…
Oil Spill in K-Dere: YEAC-Nigeria condemns NOSDRA’s claim that it is a rumour, Calls for Port Harcourt Zonal Director’s Sack Oil Spill in K-Dere: YEAC-Nigeria condemns NOSDRA’s claim that it is a rumour, Calls for Port Harcourt Zonal Director’s Sack The attention of the Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) has been drawn to a…
The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria), through its Crude Oil Spill Alert System (COSAS), has received a report of an oil spill in K-Dere Community in Gokana LGA (Ogoni), Rivers State. The incident, which was reported as having happened on January 3, 2024, is said to have occurred on the PPMC pipeline right of…
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