THE NATION One person was feared dead and many injured at the weekend following an explosion at a gas plant in Rumuodomaya, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State. The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said its officials were at the…
THE NATION The Rivers State government is set to conduct the local government election in April. The state government has enjoined the electoral commission to conduct a free and fair election. But the APC National Executive Committee is kicking. It…
THE NATION Bayelsa State government officials, regulatory agencies, environmentalists and representatives of impacted communities have begun preliminary investigations into the January 16, 2021 oil leak near Funiwa offshore facilities in Koluama with their visits. Recall that fishermen around the Atlantic…
PULSE NG The Delta State Government has announced that it will inaugurate completed roads and school projects in Warri and Effurun on February 2, 2021 In continuation of his statewide projects inauguration programme, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa will on the day…
VANGUARD Ms Ankio Briggs, an environmental and human rights activist operating in the Niger Delta region has called for attitudinal change toward the running of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Briggs made the call while fielding questions from journalists after…
THE GUARDIAN Troops of Operation Delta Safe have arrested 24 suspected operators of illegal refineries and oil bunkering in the creeks of Niger Delta and dismantled 13 illegal refineries. They also recovered 1,339,000 litres of illegally refined petrol, 500,000 litres…
TRIBUNE ONLINE President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N6.45 billion for the setting up of gas plants in 38 locations nationwide in a bid to enhance the treatment of Covid-19 patients who need oxygen. This disclosure emerged at the first National…
PREMIUM TIMES Nigeria on Tuesday logged another relatively high daily death tally from COVID-19 with 15 people dying from the disease. This took the death toll in the last three days to 44. A total of 113,305 infections have now…
PUNCH NEWS HOODLUM on Wednesday invaded the Sagbama Local Government Legislative Assembly in Bayelsa State and attacked councillors during official sitting. Some persons were said to have been injured in the incident as people scampered to different directions following the…
THIS DAY Cholera outbreak in coastal communities of Bomadi and Burutu Local Government Areas of Delta State has reportedly killed at least 20 persons this year. THISDAY gathered that scores of persons, mainly children, have been affected by the water-borne…