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Non-governmental organization, Social Action, has called on the Federal Government to rehabilitate the ailing and comatose petroleum refineries as a strategy to curbing the re-emergence of fuel scarcity in the country. In a release signed by its communications officer, Comfort Agbebaku, Social Action said this call becomes necessary as the …

By Tunde Uchegbuo Chairman of Emohua Local Government Area, Dr. Chidi Lloyd, has promised to give one hundred thousand naira to each of the first ten families in Obelle to return home. He also assured that he and his political appointees from the area would shift base to the community …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Following the delay in carrying out proper remediation, given the oil leak that devastated the environment, the lawmaker representing Brass Federal Constituency in the House of Representative, Hon. Sunny Goli, has called on Conoil to swing into action to mitigate the adverse impact on both the …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The DG/CEO of National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr. Rufus Eseoghene Ebegba, has paid a courtesy visit to the office of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) and that of the Africa Agricultural Technology Fund (AATF) in Nairobi, Kenya. This was …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has struck out the suit filed by Dr Godwin Uyi Ojo, former executive director of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), against erstwhile chair of the organisation, Nnimmo Bassey, and the board of trustees of the …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi Advocacy and rights group, Ashcraft Centre for Social Science Research, has disclosed plans to host a South-South Zonal Stakeholders Summit, with the theme: ‘Domesticating Stakeholders Statutory Responsibilities in Protecting Nigeria’s Critical Infrastructure and Assets.’ The summit is a private/public sector partnership, with the aim of “galvanising responsibility …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Polling Units Ambassadors of Nigeria, PUAN, a non-partisan organization, “saddled with the responsibility of providing electoral awareness at the polling units community,” has held an expanded National Executive Council, NEC, meeting, towards proffering solutions to issues of vote buying and other matters during the 2023 general …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Hon. Marcus Uba, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain from Evwreni town and Hon. Desmond Okpako, a former councillor in Evwreni Ward were recently attacked by “a group of bandits parading as members of the Delta State Task Force.” Our correspondent reports that the attack …

Port Harcourt City and its environs last Saturday stood still for the former chairman of Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Hon. Orom Nte Ereforiokuma, who was conferred with the chieftaincy title of ‘Eze Chituru’ by the paramount ruler of Woji Community in Obio/Akpor LGA, alongside two other recipients. …

… As Diri’s SSA on Tourism Visits Communities to Collate Cultural Assets By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The senior special assistant (SSA) to Bayelsa State governor on Tourism,  Mr. Piriye Kiyaramo, says he has commenced a tour of communities in a bid to collate cultural assets across the state, noting that …