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Nigeria must own up to the blood shed for oil
2015-11-10 14:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Nigerian government is struggling to confront its past abuses, and nowhere is this clearer than in the case of the Ogoni nine, the environmental activists from the Niger Delta hanged in 1995 by the Sani Abacha regime on trumped-up charges. I was five years old when playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa, a leading figure in the Ogoni peoples movement, was executed alongside eight others, and I lived through the legacy of his fight to protect the oil-rich land by Shell and other corporations. As a young...
MTN Group CEO resigns over Nigeria fine
2015-11-09 08:53:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) MTN Group CEO Sifiso Dabengwa has resigned with immediate effect. A statement from the company said Phuthuma Nhleko, the current non-executive chairman has agreed to act as executive chairman for up to six months while the company identifies a successor for Dabengwa. In his resignation, Dabengwa said "due to the most unfortunate prevailing circumstances occurring at MTN Nigeria," he has in the interest of the company and its shareholders tendered his resignation with immediate effect. Nhleko was CEO until March 2011 when Dabengwa took over. Alan van Biljon will continue to serve as the Lead Independent Director on the MTN board of directors whilst Nhleko takes over executive responsibility.
MTN chief Sifiso Dabengwa quits over Nigeria fine
2015-11-09 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
South Africa-based telco appoints former CEO Phuthuma Nhleko to serve as executive chairman for next six months.
UNDP plans standards, certification system for fuel wood in Nigeria
2015-11-08 19:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NGR Guardian: AMID the shocking fact that deforestation is the largest source of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in Nigeria and responsible for 40 per cent of national Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is finalizing a Global Environment Facility (GEF) driven project worth $4.4 million that would promote sustainable forest use and management practices at national and state level across the country. The project titled Sustainable Fuel wood Management in Nigeria,...
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Ken Saro-Wiwa memorial art bus denied entry to Nigeria
2015-11-05 11:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A sculpture created as a memorial to Nigerian environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other activists has been denied entry to Nigeria, where it had been sent as a gift to mark the 20th anniversary of their execution by the military government. Customs officials impounded Sokari Douglas Camps sculpture, in the form of a steel bus, when it arrived at Lagos port on 8 September, on grounds of its political value. Leaflets and reports sent by courier to commemorate Saro-Wiwas life and death were...
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