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By Ukandi Christopher After a five-year hiatus, the board of the Rivers State Cooperative Federation has been reconstituted under a new leadership in an election held at the Ministry of Justice Auditorium, Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The reconstitution of the board saw the election of Mr. Brilliant Amadi, as president, …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on Monday said it was working with the Bayelsa State government to resolve a dispute with host communities over delays in the timeline for an electricity project in the area. The four communities constituting Kolo-Creek Cluster Development Board in the Ogbia …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Eni, parent company of Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) on Monday said a blast at its facility in Nembe has cut oil export from its Brass Export terminal by some 25,000 barrels per day. The oil company said that the incident was the second attack in …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Barely four months after the November 5, 2021 oil spill at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29, in Nembe, Bayelsa State, a fresh leak has been reported by residents. OML 29, which includes the 97 kilometer Nembe Creek Trunk Line connecting oilfields to the Bonny Export Terminal, …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Kenyon International West Africa Limited says it deployed 100 per cent local manpower and expertise to contain the oil and gas leak from a wellhead blowout at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration in Nembe, Bayelsa. The Santa Babra South Well 1, …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Transcorp Nigeria Limited, an electricity power generating company in Ughelli, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, has organized graduation ceremony for its 7th batch of entrepreneurial and vocational trainees as well as induction ceremony for the 8th batch of new intakes into the …

… Does Not Emit Any Soot into Environment ~Nkwocha Amaechi Okonkwo, Port Harcourt Indorama-Eleme Petrochemicals Limited has said it produces 95 per cent of all fertilizer currently produced in Nigeria, even as it added that its operations do not emit any soot into the environment. This statement was made by …

By Paul Williams   Even as the soot menace in Rivers State continues to take its toll on the health of residents, in spite government intervention, fertilizer producer, Indorama Petrochemicals and Fertilizer Company, Eleme, says it is not emitting “any dangerous gas into the atmosphere. “ Conducting journalists on a …

Amaechi Okonkwo, Port Harcourt Nigeria LNG (NLNG) on Monday signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with six Nigerian teaching hospitals nationwide, signifying the flag off of the implementation of its multi-billion-naira Hospital Support Programme (NLNG HSP). The six hospitals were selected as part of the first phase of the support programme. …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government on Thursday charged various revenue generating ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to redouble their efforts in the drive to improve the state’s internally generated revenue (IGR). Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the charge while declaring open the ninth Bayelsa Tax Advisory …