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By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Non-governmental organization, Stakeholders Alliance for Corporate Accountability (SACA), has ended a three-day training programme on effects of gases for officials of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) and the Bayelsa State Ministry of Environment. The programme funded by Misean Cara of Ireland and …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, was filled to the brim penultimate weekend when communities from the eight local government areas in Delta State converged to celebrate the ‘Delta Cultural Day.’ For the first time, Itsekiris, Urhobos, Ukwanis, Ika Ibos, Ijaws and …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri As elections into community positions in Unenurhie community, in Ughelli Local Government Area of Delta State, are only a few days away, the Electoral Committee has issued a press statement, warning alleged trouble makers to obey and respect the rules and guidelines of the elections …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Director General and chief executive officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) and gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Olorogun Dr. Rufus E. Ebegba, has expressed dismay at “the state of affairs, welfare and standard of living in Delta …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The national president of the Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta, Kennedy Tonjo West, has assured that the group was ready to collaborate with the Joint Task Force code named, Operation Delta Safe, to ensure that all forms of criminalities are stamped …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on Monday said it was working with the Bayelsa State government to resolve a dispute with host communities over delays in the timeline for an electricity project in the area. The four communities constituting Kolo-Creek Cluster Development Board in the Ogbia …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Eni, parent company of Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) on Monday said a blast at its facility in Nembe has cut oil export from its Brass Export terminal by some 25,000 barrels per day. The oil company said that the incident was the second attack in …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The leadership of Unenurhie community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has again warned persons, allegedly plotting to scuttle the community’s elections scheduled for March 22, 2022, to “give peace a chance and stay away.” This warning was given by the Odion’Rode …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Ohoror community in Uwheru kingdom in Ughelli North LGA of Delta state was again thrown into dread and fear as three young men in the community sustained various degrees of bullet wound from an attack from alleged herdsmen that have reportedly been terrorizing the community …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Barely four months after the November 5, 2021 oil spill at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29, in Nembe, Bayelsa State, a fresh leak has been reported by residents. OML 29, which includes the 97 kilometer Nembe Creek Trunk Line connecting oilfields to the Bonny Export Terminal, …