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CSOs back Bayelsa monarch’s suit against Shell

CSOs back Bayelsa monarch’s suit against Shell

Prominent civil society organisations, including the International Working Group on Petroleum Pollution and Just Transition in the Niger Delta (IWG), Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), and Social Action Nigeria, and legal advocates united...

Ex – MOSOP President, Pyagbara Speaks On  Fubara, Wike Reconciliation

Ex – MOSOP President, Pyagbara Speaks On  Fubara, Wike Reconciliation

In reaction to the peaceful settlement of the political crisis that erupted in the State since October, 2023 which culminated in the declaration of State of Emergency on March 18, 2025 by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the former president of the...

Meet The New-To-Science Fish Named For Darth Vader

Meet The New-To-Science Fish Named For Darth Vader

The black dwarfgoby was discovered in the coral reefs of the McLaren Fjord, of Tufi, Papua New Guinea. McLaren Fjord of Tufi, Papua New Guinea. Drone photo by MV Erdmann.Drone photo by MV Erdmann. A trio of international scientists recently...

Nigeria, France reaffirm commitment to deepen bilateral cooperation

Nigeria, France reaffirm commitment to deepen bilateral cooperation

Nigeria and France have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening bilateral cooperation across trade, security, education, and culture, as both countries continue to explore mutual opportunities built on decades of strong diplomatic relations....

Oil sector struggling with bureaucratic bottlenecks – Neconde Energy

Oil sector struggling with bureaucratic bottlenecks – Neconde Energy

The oil and gas industry in Nigeria is facing significant challenges due to bureaucratic bottlenecks and a tough regulatory environment, according to Neconde Energy Limited, an indigenous operator. The company’s acting Managing Director and Gas...

Flying ant day 2025: When is it and why does it happen?

Flying ant day 2025: When is it and why does it happen?

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Troops kill 24 terrorists in Borno, repel Kebbi bandits

Troops kill 24 terrorists in Borno, repel Kebbi bandits

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have killed 24 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in coordinated operations across Borno and Adamawa states. The defence operations, which spanned between July 4 and 9, featured ambushes, clearance patrols, and close air...

Largest ever chunk of Mars which fell to Earth in meteor strike goes up for auction

Largest ever chunk of Mars which fell to Earth in meteor strike goes up for auction

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Addressing Nigeria’s broken food supply chain is crucial for poverty alleviation 

Addressing Nigeria’s broken food supply chain is crucial for poverty alleviation 

Despite years of government-led poverty alleviation programmes, Nigeria’s hunger crisis continues to deepen. The disconnect lies not in the absence of social interventions but in their detachment from the core realities of food production and...

ECOWAS: Agenda for President Julius Maada Bio

ECOWAS: Agenda for President Julius Maada Bio

The new chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, has his job cut out in the pursuit of peace, economic cooperation, stability, and human flourishing in the sub-region. His...

Flood: NEMA deploys ambulances in Kaduna, Imo, Akwa Ibom

Flood: NEMA deploys ambulances in Kaduna, Imo, Akwa Ibom

As part of measures to enhance emergency response and save lives during the 2025 flood season, the National Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday deployed Mobile Intensive Care Unit ambulances in some of its operation offices across the country....

Nigeria’s foreign reserves soar to $38.448b in June – Reps

Nigeria’s foreign reserves soar to $38.448b in June – Reps

Niger’s foreign exchange reserves rose from $32.9 billion at the end of 2023 to over $38.448 billion in June, 2025, the Chairman, House Committee on National Planning and Economic Development, Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, has disclosed. Isiaka,...

Self Help Africa to implement a demand-side subsidies project

Self Help Africa to implement a demand-side subsidies project

One of Malawi’s largest distributors of cook-stoves- Self Help Africa (SHA) will implement a-21 21-month Malawi Demand-Side Subsidies project, which is aimed at increasing access to improved energy technologies in Dowa district. The project is...

Nigeria’s terrorism cornucopia: Is there a way forward?

Nigeria’s terrorism cornucopia: Is there a way forward?

Background The etymological patrimony of the word ‘cornucopia’ is typically characterised by abundance, harvest, nourishment, and plenty. Conceptually however, this treatise utilises the oxymoron, terrorism cornucopia, in the sense of the...

NFSS Commander Osatime Urges Tinubu to Sign Forest Security Bill Amid Growing Bandit Threats

NFSS Commander Osatime Urges Tinubu to Sign Forest Security Bill Amid Growing Bandit Threats

Following the recent killing of eight vigilantes by bandits in Plateau State’s Kanam Local Government Area, renewed calls have emerged for President Tinubu to urgently formalise a dedicated forest security force before Nigeria’s forests fall...

PIND Inaugurates Peace-Building C’ttee In Yenagoa

PIND Inaugurates Peace-Building C’ttee In Yenagoa

In a continued effort to promote sustainable peace in the Niger Delta, the Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has inaugurated a Peace Building Committee in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. PIND, with sponsorship from...

Residents warned to shut windows ahead of sudden surge of flying ants this month

Residents warned to shut windows ahead of sudden surge of flying ants this month

Households across Ireland are being advised to shut their windows as swarms of flying ants are set to emerge this month for a seasonal mating surge. Late July and early August are peak mating seasons for these flying creepy-crawlies, and hundreds...

Irish households told 'shut your windows now' for next eight weeks as Met Eireann change forecast

Irish households told 'shut your windows now' for next eight weeks as Met Eireann change forecast

Residents across Ireland are being urged to keep their windows closed as hordes of flying ants have descended upon the country. We're currently amidst what's commonly referred to as 'Flying Ant Day', though it seldom lasts just 24 hours. Rather,...

Will Mauritania join the Abraham Accords with Israel?

Will Mauritania join the Abraham Accords with Israel?

President Ghazouani is in Washington to attend a scaled-down US-Africa summit alongside leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia and Senegal. [Getty] Mauritania's ambassador to the United States has denied reports that President Mohamed Ould...

TRADOC commander tasks training institutions to take ownership of doctrinal concepts

TRADOC commander tasks training institutions to take ownership of doctrinal concepts

The Commander Training and Doctrine Command, Nigerian Army (TRADOC NA), Major General Kevin Aligbe, has tasked the Nigerian Army training institutions to rake the full ownership of the Doctrinal Concepts in the transformation drive of the service....

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