Mosop Disagrees With Boroh Over UNEP Implementation
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has expressed worry over the planned use of ex-militants by the coordinator of the presidential amnesty programme, Brigadier General Paul Boroh...
View ArticleERA/FoEN Raises Alarm Over Agip Gas Leak In Bayelsa
Igoniko Oduma,Yenagoa The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has raised the alarm over a gas leak from an oil field operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in...
View ArticleINSECURITY: WIKE SACKS 4 COUNCIL CHAIRMEN
Daniel Abia, Port Harcourt In a bid to stem the rising tide of insecurity in some parts of the state, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has directed security agencies to clampdown on cult...
View ArticleBayelsa Farmers Begin Private Initiative To Boost Rice Production
Igoniko Oduma, Yenagoa Rice farmers in Bayelsa State, under the auspices of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), have taken their fate into their own hands with a move to establish...
View ArticleRenewed Niger Delta Violence Reignites Fears For Nigeria Oil Production
Financial Times Oil-rich Niger Delta is seeing a renewed wave of attacks on the energy industry that threatens to disrupt production in Africa’s top crude exporter and whose increasing sophistication...
View ArticleDecomposing Bodies Of Four Robbery Suspects Litter East-West Road
Igoniko Oduma YENAGOA Four decomposing bodies were littering the Ndele-Emohua axis of the ever-busy East-West Road in Rivers State,on Friday, Independent has learnt. It was gathered that the bodies...
View ArticleSenator Uzamere Comes Up With New FM Station
Two time senator, Ehigie Uzamere, as you are aware is no more in the upper legislative chambers in Abuja having chosen not to contest for a third tenure. He actually had his sight on the Edo State...
View ArticleEx-militant Leader, Farah Dagogo, Braces Up For Rerun Poll
Come Saturday, March 19th, 2016, most parts of Rivers State would be locked down courtesy of the rerun House of Assembly polls scheduled for that day. In Degema constituency, ex-militant leader, Farah...
View ArticleEdo Internal Revenue Service Boss, Oseni Elamah Goes On Course
Oseni Elamah, boss of the Edo State Internal Revenue Service, is presently doing a course in the Ngeria Institute of Management Studies (NIMS). It is expected that when he returns from the course in a...
View ArticleMichael Diden Plays Cool
In the days of yore, Michael Diden’s name rang bell in government circles in the oil rich Delta State. He was a force to be reckoned with in the administration of Chief James Ibori and his successor,...
View ArticleSenator Uzamere Comes Up With New FM Station
Two time senator, Ehigie Uzamere, as you are aware is no more in the upper legislative chambers in Abuja having chosen not to contest for a third tenure. He actually had his sight on the Edo State...
View ArticleOshiomhole’s Wife, Iara, Bags Customs Recognition
Iara, the wife of the Edo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, shone like a million stars recently when the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) gave her an award of recognition on account of the...
View ArticleEdo Internal Revenue Service Boss, Oseni Elamah Goes On Course
Oseni Elamah, boss of the Edo State Internal Revenue Service, is presently doing a course in the Ngeria Institute of Management Studies (NIMS). It is expected that when he returns from the course in a...
View ArticleMichael Diden Plays Cool
In the days of yore, Michael Diden’s name rang bell in government circles in the oil rich Delta State. He was a force to be reckoned with in the administration of Chief James Ibori and his successor,...
View ArticleOur Target Is 25 Years Minimum Lifespan For Roads – A/Ibom Commissioner
Idongesit Ashameri, Uyo Mr. Ephraim Inyang-Eyen, Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Works, has declared that the minimum lifespan for the over 20 roads ?undergoing constructions in the state is 25...
View ArticleDickson Attributes Multinational Excesses In Niger Delta To Weak Institutions
Igoniko Oduma, Yenogoa Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has called for the strengthening of regulatory bodies in the oil sector to make multinational companies operating in the Niger Delta live up...
View ArticleAsaba: Landowners In Panic Development Of Plots To Avoid Revocation
Awele Ogbogu, Asaba Fear of possible revocation of undeveloped plots of land by the Delta State government is now the beginning of diligence for landowners in some places in Asaba. Builders were seen...
View ArticleEdo ADP To Distribute 2000 Oil Palm Seedlings To Farmers
The Edo Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) has said that it is planning to distribute 2000 oil palm seedlings to farmers in the state. The Programme Manager, Mr Peter Aikhuomobhogbe, made the...
View ArticleI Regret My Role In Rivers Assembly Fight, Says Lloyd
Daniel Abia, Port Harcourt Barely three years after the bloody fight on the floor of the Rivers State House of Assembly that almost killed one of the lawmakers, one of the principal actors has...
View ArticleIjaw Youths Renew Call For Modular Refineries In Niger Delta
Igoniko Oduma, Yenogoa Ijaw youths under the umbrella of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) have renewed their call for the legalisation of artisanal refineries in the Niger Delta to harness the potential of...
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