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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa An entrepreneur cum innovator, Azibaola Roberts, has commenced another round of enlightenment campaign against deforestation and environmental degradation of the Niger Delta rain forests. Roberts, applauded for recently receiving an award of Innovator of the Year from the Vanguard Newspapers for his invention of an electric car, as well …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The flag officer commanding, Central Naval Command, Rear Admiral Idi Abbas has again given assurance that the Nigerian navy will continue to do everything possible to make sure that it protects national assets. Speaking on Thursday when the leadership of Federated Correspondent’s Chapel of Nigeria Union …

Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Authorities of the Nigerian Police have reacted to the​ viral video showing the kidnapped Hon. Mike Ogiasa, cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, pleading for ransom to be paid to his abductors for his release The video, which was released by unknown persons, showed the abducted Hon. …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri A non-governmental organization in Delta State, Think Global Initiative (TGI), have recently presented a public talk at Omavovwe Secondary School, Omavovwe-Agbarha in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State with a call on students and staff of the school to say no to violence …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The commissioner in charge of Bayelsa State Police Command, Ben Nebolisa Okolo, has presented cheques worth N24, 295,062 million to the families of eight personnel of the command who died in active service. Police Commissioner, Ben Nebolisa Okolo, who presented the money​ to the next of …

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 …