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The activities of sand miners in Kano have been a source of concern for farmers and environmentalists in the affected areas.

Akintunde Babatunde rose through the ranks and was recently promoted and appointed Programmes Director at the Centre for Journalism Innovation and

As the programme director, Mr Babatunde will now oversee all of CJID's programmatic work including Journalism, Accountability, Development, and Dubawa.

Nigeria, which is a fossil fuel-dependent country, must urgently develop a strategy to engage the shifting global focus away from oil by diversifying the economy.  A senior officer in the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), Tengi George-Ikoli, who stated this at a stakeholders’ workshop on the energy sector in Abuja, added that Nigeria must take […]

Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), through its Natural Resource and Extractives Programme (NAREP) have stressed the need for Nigeria...

The Federal Government has been urged to devise its own strategy as part of efforts to end Nigeria's dependency on oil

Shortlisted candidates for the investigative journalism competition were drawn from four categories.

A total of 30 oil companies spilt 41,216 barrels of oil in Nigeria between 2019 and May this year.

About 43,000 barrels of oil were lost in 881 cases of oil spillage in Nigeria from 2019 to May 1 this year, data from NOSDRA shows.

ANALYSIS: As Nigeria continues to miss gas flaring deadlines, huge revenue is lost In 2020 alone, natural gas valued at $1.24 billion was burned by oil companies, one which could generate the annual electricity use of 804 million Nigerian citizens. 5 min read Since 1979, Nigeria has missed out on ending gas flaring on at least seven occasions. The country is now targetting 2025 to end the environmentally unfriendly, health-damaging and resource-losing act. Each time Nigeria miss...