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The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD), a Port Harcourt based environmental civil society organization, wants the Hydrocarbons Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), the body responsible for the Federal Government’s clean-up of Ogoni land, to release its key performance indicators to enable stakeholders monitor the exercise. Dr Kabari Sam, …

By Joel Anekwe The chairman of Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), Mr. Olanrewaju Suraju, has that said about 456 top Nigerian public officials, holding strategic positions, are yet to declare their assets in spite of the regulations put in place by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). Suraju made …

By Joel Anekwe  Following the huge losses and danger posed to the nation’s economy by crude oil theft, a forum of civil society organisations and the media has called for a more comprehensive and centralised policy on the fight against the menace. Reports has it that Nigeria currently loses up …

By Joel Anekwe  The Initiative for Transparent Strategy and Good Leadership (ITSGL) has raised alarm over a planned protest in Abuja against the minister for Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.  The group alleged that the protesters were hired from across the country and sponsored by Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), …

The 2020 Appropriation bill submitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari has been described as empty, hollow and a huge disappointment that holds no hope for Nigerians. Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives, Hon. Kingsley Chinda, stated this in an interview …

… Projects to Create Thousands of Jobs ~ Wike By Joel Anekwe  Rivers State Government and Julius Berger Nigeria Plc on Friday signed an agreement for the construction of three flyover bridges in the city of Port Harcourt, planned as solution to the traffic congestion in the city. The state attorney-general, Dr …

… Asks Buhari to Assent to Federal Audit Bill By Paul Williams, Abuja The chairman, Senate Committee on Media, Adedayo Adeyeye, has denied knowledge of an alleged involvement of the Senate in secret recruitment in ministries, departments and agencies of government. There had been reports in major newspapers of a …

By Joel Anekwe The acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Akwagaga Enyia, has re-affirmed the commitment of the commission to give people living with disabilities sustainable livelihoods by assisting them through skill acquisition programmes.  Dr Enyia stated this during a courtesy call by members of …

By Joel Anekwe  Total Exploration & Production Nigeria (TEPNG) has charged secondary school students in Nigeria to embrace good reading habits while shunning every form of drug abuse.  Making the charge Saturday in Port Harcourt at the 2019 Book Reading and Open Day forum for some select secondary schools in …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The managing director, Oloibiri Oil and Gas Services Ltd, an indigenous oil and Gas producing company base in Oloibiri, Bayelsa State, Mr Epereola Amangala, has lauded the Senate for directing the Petroleum Technology  Development Fund (PTDF) and contractors to commence the immediate construction of the  Oil …