THE NIGERIAN OBSERVER There has been continued attacks by armed herdsmen in search of grazing routes for cows in Edo, Delta, Anambra, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and others in the South of Nigeria. The armed herdsmen enters farmlands with their…
VANGUARD NEWS ILLEGAL refining operations, popularly known as Kpo-fire in the Niger Delta, is causing more harm to the region’s already blighted environment as witnessed in the blanket of soot that oftentimes enveloped the skyline of Bayelsa and Rivers states,…
PEOPLES GAZETTE Aminu Hassan, the force commander of the Joint Task Force (South-South), Operation Delta Safe, says the fight against oil thieves will continue until the criminals surrender, admitting that they are difficult to dislocate. Mr Hassan said this while…
THE TIDE Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has called on political actors in the state to play by the rules, especially now that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has released its timetable for the 2023 general elections. Diri,…
PUNCH NEWS November 1, 2021 is not an ordinary date for the residents of Nembe communities in Bayelsa State. It was a day that they would not forget in a hurry, at least, not in a few years to come.…
THIS DAY Aggrieved Isoko youths, under the aegis of the United Coalition Front Emancipation Movement (UCFEM) in Delta State have threatened to launch coordinated attacks on oil facilities in their land over the alleged refusal of oil companies to engage…
THE GUARDIAN Determined to improve access to power supply, Renewvia Solar Nigeria Ltd., a solar developer, has installed and connected five communities in the Niger Delta to one of its solar-powered, rural electrification mini grids. With these new installations, Renewvia…
THIS DAY Shell Plc and Eni SpA both declared force majeure on key oil flows from Nigeria, threatening to disrupt supplies in a market already fretting about the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Shell’s measure had been in place…
THE TIDE Niger Delta Environmental Crusaders (NIDEC), an amalgamated youth movement in the six states of the region, has issued a one-month ultimatum to all multinational oil companies operating in the region to anticipate onslaughts on their operations over environmental…
THE GUARDIAN Environmentalist and Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Nnimmo Bassey, yesterday, decried the decreasing life expectancy for people living in the Niger Delta region, lamenting that it had fallen, 41 years. Bassey spoke during a training of…