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PRESS RELEASE: YEAC-NIGERIA SENSITISES STUDENTS AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME IN RIVERS STATE

Press Release VIII, October 25, 2023 YEAC-NIGERIA SENSITISES STUDENTS AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME IN RIVERS STATE The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) has carried out a sensitization campaign against organised crimes ranging from drug abuse, cultism, exam malpractice, and violent extremism in the Niger Delta to secondary school students in Rivers State. The Executive Director…

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CRUDE OIL SPILL REPORTED IN K-DERE COMMUNITY OCTOBER 20

Press Release VII, October 20, 2023 A crude oil spill has been reported in K-Dere Community in Gokana Local Government Area (Ogoni) of Rivers State. The spill was reported on Friday, October 20, 2023, on a pipeline operated by SPDC Ltd. The crude oil spill that occurred on a pipeline close to a primary school…

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YEAC-NIGERIA SENSITIZES STUDENTS AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME, VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN THE NIGER DELTA

The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) sensitizes students in the Niger Delta on organized crime and violent extremism in the Niger Delta. The event, which kicked off at the Community Secondary School (CSS), Bori-Ogoni, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State on Friday, October 20, 2023, will be extended to other schools and universities…

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Press Release: Crude Oil Spill Alert: Oil Spill Reported in Peremabiri Community, Bayelsa State

Press Release VI, October 14, 2023 Crude Oil Spill Alert: Oil Spill Reported in Peremabiri Community, Bayelsa State The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) has received a report of a crude oil spill in Peremabiri Community, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, through its Crude Oil Spill Alert System (COSAS) and the…

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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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