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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 …

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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. …

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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 …

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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 …

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