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By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Stakeholders in the Niger Delta have advocated sustainable and alternative livelihoods as panacea to the increasing problem of oil theft and artisanal refining activities in the region. They made their position known in a communique issued after a one-day roundtable dialogue jointly organised in Port …
Read More »Fingesi Commiserates with Pipeline Victims, Condemns Wike’s ‘Nonchalance’
The candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the 2019 governorship election in Rivers State, Mr. Victor Fingesi has commiserated with the families of victims of the pipeline explosion at Kom Kom community in Oyigbo Local Government Area. In a statement issued in Port Harcourt by his spokesman, Mr. …
Read More »OML 25: Wike Gives Disputing Parties 7 Days to Re-Open Facility
By Joel Anekwe Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has intervened in the prolonged dispute relating to Oil Mining License (OML) 25 in Kula community, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area, and directed all parties involved to resolve all contending issues and reopen the oil facility within 7 days. The governor directed the …
Read More »Pipeline Explosion Claims 12 Lives at Oyigbo
By Joel Anekwe About 12 persons have been reported dead following the pipeline fire that occurred in Kom Kom community, Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers on Saturday morning. The explosion reportedly happened at a pipeline site belonging to one of the multinational oil companies operating in the area. Speaking …
Read More »Bayelsa Assembly Screens, Confirms Goli as SUBEB Chairman
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The immediate past deputy chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, Chief Ebi Matthew Goli, was asked to take a respectful bow and leave the sacred floor of the House. Chief Goli, who was asked to bring his wealth of experiences to bear …
Read More »Dickson Tops List of Eminent Members of Gabriel Okara Foundation
…Eulogises Literary Icon as ‘Best Gift to Nigeria’ By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon Seriake Dickson and other eminent Nigerians were on Thursday named members of the Dr. Gabriel Okara Foundation. Some members of the Foundation include, Prof. John Pepper Clark, a great poet, renowned historian, Prof. …
Read More »Ogoni Cleanup: Social Action Queries HYPREP on Framework
… Accuses Shell of Lack of Commitment to Exercise By Joel Anekwe The Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action, Nigeria) has raised a three-point query to the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), demanding the Ogoni clean-up implementation framework or timetable, showing activities’ schedule, from inception to date and in-view. This …
Read More »Bayelsa: Dickson Appoints New Chairman for Electoral Commission
…Charges BYSIEC to Conduct Free, Fair LG Election By David Owei, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson, has appointed Hon. Remember Ogbe as acting chairman of the Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission (BYSIEC). The governor charged members of the commission to conduct free, fair and peaceful local government polls …
Read More »N’Delta Group Expresses Safety Concerns over First E&P Operations in OML 85, 86
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Ifalbobou Revolutionary Movement (IRM) has expressed concerns over operations of First Exploration and Petroleum Development Company (First E&P) within the KEFFES host communities in Bayelsa. KEFFES is an acronym for eight Chevron host communities in Bayelsa comprising Koluama 1 2, Ezetu 1 2, Foropa, Fish Town, …
Read More »Media, Security Agency Synergy Can Improve Security in Niger Delta ~ JTF Commander
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The commander of Joint Military Taskforce in Niger Delta (Operation Delta Safe), Rear Admiral Akinjide Akinrinade, says with the collaboration of security agencies and the media, the security of the Niger Delta region and indeed Nigeria could be further improved and every section of the region …
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