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World Earth Day: HOMEF Wants The Earth More Protected
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EditorAs the World Earth Day is celebrated globally, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, has called for more frantic efforts in the protection of the Earth for the benefit of all beings.
HOMEF also called on all critical stakeholders to channel their resources and attention to ensuring that the planet is made habitable for all.
INFO DAILY reports that Earth Day encourages people to engage in protecting the environment and to bring awareness to the environmental issues our planet faces and to promote solutions for a sustainable future.
The Director, HOMEF, Nnimmo Bassey, who made the call in a statement issued by the organisation’s Media/Communication Lead, Kome Odhomor, as part of activities to mark this year’s Earth Day,
used the occasion to honour achievements of environmental movement and raised awareness for more to be done for the benefit of future generations.
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The theme of this year’s World Earth Day was ‘Invest in our Planet’.
The Director said the theme of the Day was a call for action requiring responsible use of Nature’s gifts with a clear understanding of the interdependence of species.
According to him, it’s an investment that should go beyond finance, adding that it requires a recognition that “human activities such as pollution, deforestation and over consumption have had dire consequences on the quality of our lives.”
Bassey added: “Calling for investment in our planet should not be the investment in more extraction of fossil fuels, mining of coal, or for continuous gas flaring.
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“The investment should be one that conserves our environment. It is time to reflect on what can be done to make the planet more habitable not only for humans but for other beings.
“It is important to mention that the investment we are speaking about should not be about mere financial investment because the Earth is not a stock exchange. It is time to reflect on our relationship with Mother Earth and with each other. Our investment should be towards playing our role of trusteeship as children of the Earth”.
HOMEF’s Project Lead on Fossil Politics, Stephen Oduware, stated that “the investment would be useless if we commodify nature and exchange it for money. We have watched communities suffer from pollution, and grossly damaged environments, and today we call on world leaders to sit up and ensure that the earth does not burn in their quest for negative economic investments that ignores ecological realities.”
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Also, Magdalene Idiang, an environmental feminist said, “World leaders and financial institutions who seems to be betting on promoting Net Zero, Carbon Offset, and other false climate capitalist solutions that do not support the of the planet should divest their investment and invest in real climate solutions that would stop ecocide and protect the rights of mother earth”.
Cadmus Atake-Enade, project lead Community and Culture, stressed that “there is an urgent need for us to re-invest on the planet through harnessing local knowledge rooted on our rich cultures and wisdom to bring solutions to climate change as well as encourage agroecological practices and moral values to make the planet more habitable.”
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Nigeria Air: EFCC Arrests Ex-Buhari’s Minister Over N8bn Fraud
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EditorThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested Hadi Sirika, Minister of Aviation under former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over an ongoing N8 billion money laundering probe of Nigeria Air.
Vanguard gathered that Sirika arrived at the Federal Capital Territory Command of the EFCC at about 1:00 pm on Tuesday.
Sirika is currently being quizzed by the EFCC investigators over alleged fraudulent contracts awarded by him to a company known as Engirios Nigeria Limited, owned by his younger sibling, Abubakar Sirika.
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Recall that, in February, EFCC investigated the activities of the Aviation Ministry under Sirika for conspiracy, abuse of office, diversion of public funds, and contract inflation.
Others are criminal breaches of trust and money laundering amounting to N8,069,176,864.00 during Sirika’s tenure in office.
Apart from being listed as the company’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Abubakar is said to be the sole signatory to the company’s two accounts, domiciled in Zenith and Union Banksy.
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It was gathered that the ex-minister’s younger brother, Abubakar Sirika, has been arrested and detained by the commission in connection with N3,212,258,930.18 paid to his company, Engirios Nigerian Limited’s, bank account by the former minister.
It was noted that there is no trace of work done on any of the contract items to date.
Sirika was arrested Sunday February 4 to assist the commission in its probe of the Aviation Ministry’s financial expenditures during his tenure.
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BREAKING: EFCC Freezes Over 300 Accounts Over Suspicious FX Flows
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EditorThe Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, says the anti-graft agency has discovered another worse scheme other than crypto trading platform Binance and its system.
He said the agency has frozen about 300 accounts to ensure the safety of the foreign exchange market.
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The scheme popularly called the “P to P” peer- peer financial trading scheme has operated outside the official banking and financial corridors and there was a looming disaster that could further crashed the Naira value that has continued to gain.
“There are people in this country doing worse than Binance,” he said, adding that over $15bn passed through one of the platforms in the last one year, outside the financial regulations.
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BREAKING: EFCC Chair Vows To Follow Yahaya Bello’s Prosecution To Conclusion
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EditorThe Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has sworn to follow the prosecution of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to logical conclusion.
In a chat with journalists at the EFCC Headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja on Tuesday, the anti-graft chairman vowed that all those who obstructed the arrest of the former governor would be brought to book.
He said that no matter what anyone does or the amount of attack against the anti-graft agency, he and his men will not relent in helping to sanitise the country.
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Olukoyede said the EFCC needs the support of Nigerians to succeed as he emphasised that if the agency fails, Nigeria fails. He stated that the efforts made currently has helped the value of the Naira and the foreign market.
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