An Observatory Panel on Civic Space constituted under the banner of a collaborative research project between S4C and the UK-based Institute for Development Studies, brings together civil society leaders and expert voices engaging the civic space to analyse and synthesize findings of various documentations on civic space and citizen-state-society relations in Nigeria, especially in the…
I am ‘provoked’ to write this opinion piece after reading many reports so far and observing how the Rivers State Government is struggling almost on daily basis to defend and justify its new flyover projects and the ‘benefits’ that ‘comes’ with them. I was particularly forced to write this piece and offer my alternative development…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has commence a one-week walk against rape, sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in Nigeria tagged “ONE WEEK ACTIVISM AGAINST RAPE AND SGBV”. The Commission embarked on this advocacy following an upsurge in cases of rape, sexual and gender based violence across the country in the wake of the…
A PRESENTATION ON “LINKAGES BETWEEN OGONI CLEAN-UP AND ARTISANAL REFINING” BY FYNEFACE DUMNAMENE FYNEFACE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, YOUTHS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY CENTRE (YEAC) DURING A VIRTUAL “MEDIA BRIEFING ON COMMUNITY CONCERNS IN THE OGONI CLEAN-UP PROCESS” ORGANIZED BY KABETKACHE WOMEN DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCE CENTRE WITH SUPPORT FROM CORDAID HELD ON MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2020. INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY OF…
On Wednesday, June 10, 2020, public hearing on the “Control of Infectious Disease Bill” held at the House of Representatives, National Assembly Complex, Abuja. Flights restrictions as a result of corona virus disease (COVID-19) could not allow Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) to be physically present at the hearing . However, Action Group on…
Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) joins all Nigerians and the rest of the peoples of the world who are lovers of nature and the environment to celebrate this year’s World Environment Day with the theme “TIME FOR NATURE” with a focus on its role in providing the essential infrastructure that supports life on Earth…
PRESS RELEASE JUNE 2, 2020 As today, June 2, 2020 marks four (4) years after the flag-off of Ogoni Cleanup on June 2, 2016, Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (simply called YEAC or ADVOCACY CENTRE), a nongovernmental organization that has been monitoring the implementation of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Report 2011 on Ogoniland…
Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC), a human rights organization that has been monitoring human rights violations within the context of COVID-19 in the Niger Delta in coordination with other organizations in Nigeria and keenly following and reporting rights abuses associated with the demolition of hotels in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State on…
The attention of Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) has been drawn to the reaction of the Executive Chairman of Eleme Local Government Area, Hon. (Barr.) Philip Okparaji to our press statement titled “ADVOCACY CENTRE DETERMINES THE TRUE OWNER OF PRODEST HOTEL, ELEME; CALLS FOR THE SANCTIONING OF ELEME LGA CHAIRMAN FOR MISINFORMING GOVERNOR WIKE”…
Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN), a leading non-governmental and not-for-profit organisation working in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in support of those affected by the extractive industry and weak governance among others had announced the release of a groundbreaking report titled “Dirty fuel: an analysis of official and unofficial petroleum products in the Niger Delta”. A Press Statement…
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