In the coastal town of Igbomotoru in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, the siege laid by troops for the manhunt for a militant leader suspected to have masterminded the killings, is pushing the community towards starvation that could…
VANGUARD NEWS Residents of riverside settlement of Lasukugbene in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have cried out that they have been under ceaseless environmental assault following a crude oil leak from a facility owned by Nigerian Agip…
THE TIDE Fresh oil spills from the Tebidaba/Brass Agip Trunk Line operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, have rocked Lasukugbene Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, causing serious devastation to the environment. Lasukugbene, one…
THIS DAY There is Palpable tension and fear in Bayelsa communities of Igbomotoru, Oyeregbeni and Peremabiri in Southern Ijaw local government area as gunmen working with crude oil thieves have continued their brutal attacks on communities who refused to play…
NAIRAMETRICS Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has said that there was an oil spillage at its facility in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. This is as the Nigerian subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch oil and gas giant…
THE GUARDIAN There is tension in Igbomotoru Community, Southern Ijaw Council of Bayelsa State, as suspected militants set ablaze a Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) crude oil pipeline at the weekend. Sources in the community said the attack on the…
THE GUARDIAN A non-governmental organisation, the Core Advocate For Genuine Change and Peace Initiative (CAGCPI), has urged the Bayelsa State Government to urgently intervene and save communities impacted by flooding in the state. Its Director General, Jacob Brave Obekuma, in…
VANGUARD PORT HARCOURT – NIGER Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said it, at no time, executed a N2.3Billion wooden bridge project at Elebele, Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, as being alleged in a trending social media picture and caption.…
PUNCH NEWS The House of Representatives has condemned the alleged invasion and destruction of property in communities of Bayelsa State by the military, asking the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Gabriel Olonisakin, to order soldiers out of the affected areas.…
SAHARA REPORTERS Residents of Abuetor, Agbere, Osekwenike and Osifo communities in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have raised the alarm over what they described as “continuous pollution and degradation of their environment by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company…
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