By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) has installed a 90.12kwh solar-powered electricity in Umuolu community in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State. The recent commissioning of the facility, our correspondent gathered, marks a significant milestone in the fight against energy poverty and …
Read More »RIVERS ASSEMBLY SCREENS, CONFIRMS FIVE AS COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE
•Commits Vocational, Technical Training Bill 2024 To Ad-Hoc Committee The Rivers State House of Assembly has confirmed Ahoada West-born Hon Samuel Eyiba and four other commissioner-nominees who appeared before it for screening. The four others are: Ilamu Arugu (Abua/Odual); Dr Roland Obed-Whyte (Degema); Hon Samuel Anya (Abia State); and Sir …
Read More »YEAC launches 90kwh Solar Mini-Grid in Delta Community
The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria), has commissioned a 90.12kwh capacity solar mini-grid electricity facility in Umuolu community, Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State. The mini-grid project, made possible through the collaborative efforts of YEAC-Nigeria, YEAC Community Energy and Development, YEAC-UK, and NXT Grid Nigeria contracting with …
Read More »Tony Okocha leads Mega Road Walk in Solidarity For Tinubu, Wike in Rivers
•Urges Nigerians to be patient with the president Emma Ovundah In what could be described as a demonstration against the 10 days nationwide hunger protest tagged; #EndBadGovernace, by some aggrieved Nigerians, thousands of youths, men and women in Rivers State, under the auspices of the Renewed Hope Family, on Tuesday …
Read More »NUJ Chair Drums Support for Rural Households With Clean Cookstoves
… Commends AFAN for Promoting Atmosfair’s Clean Cookstoves in Bayelsa Chairman of Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Samuel Numenengi has called on government and public spirited individuals in the state to empower rural households with energy-efficient cookstoves, noting that energy-efficient cookstoves were crucial to achieving …
Read More »Over 300 persons benefit, as Lions Int’l Club Provides Medical Outreach, Food Items To Rivers Community
•Holds 2nd business networking forum in Port Harcourt Emma Ovundah Over three hundred persons from Elekahia Community in Port Harcourt City local government area of Rivers State on Saturday benefited from a free medical outreach and distribution of hunger relief items by the Region 10, District 404 A2, of the …
Read More »Army Sustain Onslaught Against Oil Theft in N’Delta, Dismantle More illegal refining camps
Emma Ovundah The Nigerian military has sustained the onslaught against crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region. This is just as troops of 63 Brigade, Nigerian Army in conjunction with other security agencies dismantled more illegal refining sites, located along the fringes of River Niger, bordering Ndokwa East and …
Read More »Okocha vows to appeal High Court judgement sacking Rivers APC CTC
•As Beke hails High Court verdict Emma Ovundah Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, said he and his team will be heading to Appeal Court to challenge a High Court judgment that restrained them from functioning in their positions as the …
Read More »Fire razes properties worth millions of naira in Rivers
Emma Sunday There was tears and anguish among residents of one of the yards in Lumumba/Okwelle Street in Mile 2 Diobu area of Port Harcourt City local government area of Rivers State when an early morning fire outbreak razed down the building destroying properties worth millions of naira. Our correspondent …
Read More »Niger Delta Women Drag Shell, Agip, IOCs before Environmental Tribunal
… as 80 Women test Positive to Benzene in Otuabagi Community By Kelechi Nwaucha Women from communities in the Niger Delta have dragged international oil companies, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Total E&P and Agip Oil Company, before an Environmental Tribunal, sitting in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, August 7, 2024, …
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