PUNCH NEWS The Rivers State Government has imposed a total lockdown of the Bonny Local Government Area and Onne community in the Eleme LGA with effect from Sunday (today) to check the spread of coronavirus in the state. According to…
PREMIUM TIMES President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate release of N19.67 billion to ramp up efforts in completing sections I-IV of the East-West Road project by 2021. The presidential directive was part of efforts to address infrastructure deficit in…
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE Nigeria’s coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, on Saturday, increased to 19,808 as 661 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle on Saturday night. it also said…
THE NATION PATIENTS suspected to be infected with coronavirus in Bayelsa State have decried the delays in getting results from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control’s (NCDC) laboratories in Benin, Edo State and Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The lamentation came…
THE GUARDIAN More than 40,000 Nigerians from the Ogale and Bille Communities in the Niger Delta will take their legal fight against Shell to the UK Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. The case will be heard via video…
PUNCH NIGERIA Nigeria’s coronavirus cases have increased to 19,147 after 667 new cases were recorded on Friday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its website. It added that COVID-19 fatalities have risen to 487 in the…
GBARAMATU VOICE Barely 24 hours after Odidi community gave Neconde Energy Limited 48 hours to vacate OML 42, another community has again decried negligence, insisting that the company should leave the facility. Kantu community is one of the chief hosts…
INDEPENDENT Minna – The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday said it has commenced crude oil exploration along the Bida Basin spreading across eight local government councils of Niger state, two in Kwara state and one in Kogi state. Group…
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Nearly 10 years after a clean-up was urged for areas polluted by Shell and other oil companies in the Niger Delta, work has begun on only 11% of planned sites while vast areas remain heavily contaminated, according to…
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, announced that the country has recorded 587 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 17,735. The NCDC disclosed this on its verified…