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CSOs launch Nigeria's forest, climate journalism fellowship

Nigeria, July 23 -- Policy Alert, in partnership with We The People, has launched the Nigeria Forest and Climate Journalism Fellowship, an initiative designed to strengthen investigative reporting on ... Read More


Fubara endorses Chinda as preferred successor

Nigeria, July 22 -- Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has again publicly endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term, declared support for the Rainbow Coalition political alliance in Rivers... Read More


Court jails 12 for naira abuse

Nigeria, July 21 -- A Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, has convicted and sentenced 12 people to six months' imprisonment or a fine for abusing the naira by spraying banknotes at parties. The... Read More


Nigerian joins Resource Justice Network global board

Nigeria, July 21 -- Tijah Bolton-Akpan, a civil society figure and executive director of Policy Alert, has become the Anglophone West Africa representative on the global board of the Resource Justice ... Read More


Flood: Akwa Ibom youths demand shift from emergency response to disaster prevention

Nigeria, July 16 -- As devastating floods expose glaring gaps in preparedness, a youth coalition has called on the Akwa Ibom government to transition from reactive disaster response to a robust, risk-... Read More


CSOs seek single registry in Akwa Ibom, oppose multiple registration requirements

Nigeria, July 16 -- The demand formed part of a communique issued at the end of a town hall meeting on the draft Civil Society Organisation Registration Bill 2026, held on 9 July in Uyo. The meeting,... Read More


Magistrate withdraws from Akwa Ibom anti-open grazing case after controversy

Nigeria, July 13 -- A magistrate handling the criminal case arising from the alleged destruction of a journalist's farmland by cattle has withdrawn from the matter following controversy over his handl... Read More


Akwa Ibom official distances self from controversial flood control report after backlash

Nigeria, July 11 -- The Chairman of Uyo Capital City Development Authority (UCCDA), Anietie Eka, has distanced himself from a controversial report praising the Akwa Ibom State Government's flood contr... Read More


Akwa Ibom residents protest, barricade road over devastating flooding

Nigeria, July 10 -- Several communities in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, were submerged by floods on Thursday after hours of heavy rainfall destroyed homes, household property and livestock and pr... Read More