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… Calls for Equal Pay to Equal Work By Tina Trade Union Congress (TUC) has called on the Federal Government to fulfill it promises of making the Port Harcourt refinery come on-stream, in order to mitigate the sufferings of the masses. Chairman, TUC Rivers State, Comrade Ikechukwu Onyefuru, in his …

… Says Bayelsa More Polluted than Ogoniland By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has said there is still hope that the revoked licence for OML 46 (also known as Atala Oilfield), belonging to Bayelsa State, will be returned to the state. …

By Amos Odhe The management of NNPC Exploration and Production Limited (NEPL), Shoreline Natural Resources Limited and Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited (HEOSL), have been urged to disregard the protest over the pipeline surveillance contract for Isoko area in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 30. Some Isoko youths were alleged to …

… as Sangana Indigenes Protest against FG, NDDC, Oil Companies’ Neglect By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa There was a security breach on Friday in Sangana Community of Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State following a massive protest by hundreds of youths and women against the Federal Government, Niger Delta Development …

… As Government is Urged to Take Lead in Prosecution of Illegal Bunkerers By Godwin Chukwumaechi Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Ltd, PINL last week embarked on a three-day community sensitisation of communities in some of the zones under it area of coverage in its pipeline surveillance contract with the Nigerian National …

By Chukwumaechi Godwin The deputy national president of Nigerian Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, Dr Emi-Membere Otaji, has called for a deliberate and stronger public-private sector partnership to boost investments and grow the economy of Rivers State. Otaji made the call in Port Harcourt on Monday at …

By Chukwumaechi Godwin An entrepreneur, Mr. My-Ace China, has called on stakeholders to deliberately work in synergy on campaign to change the negative perception of investors about Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital to attract investments to the state. China, who is the chief executive officer of Construction and Housing …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The 12th Practical Nigerian Content Forum 2023 got underway last Tuesday at the Nigerian Content Towers, Yenagoa, with the executive secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote declaring that the agency has completed 83 percent of the 96 initiatives …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Bayelsa State governor on Tourism, Dr. Piriye Kiyaramo, has lauded the Federal Government’s plan to establish a Coast Guard Service, noting that it will strengthen and enhance the enforcement of maritime laws and regulations as applicable in Nigeria’s territorial and …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Environmentalists have expressed concerns over the biosafety, toxicity of dispersants used to mop up oil spills from offshore waters which support fishes and marine creature. The concerns are coming as international oil companies (IOCs) divest from onshore assets for offshore fields. Dispersants are chemicals applied to oil …