The National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA)has appealed to local government authorities of flood affected communities in South-South to relocate the residents to safe higher ground. Mr Godwin Tepikor, the Zonal Coordinator, NEMA South-South Zone, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in...
Bayelsa
The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on Wednesday said a total of 1,086 oil spills were recorded in Bayelsa from 2015 to February 2022. Mr Idris Musa, Director-General, NOSDRA, made this known when delegations from Connected Development (CODE) and OXFAM paid an advocacy visit to his...
…Says God forbid that such legacy would continue By EMEKA CHIKWE, Yenegoa – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said it is bewildering that most presidential aspirants of the ruling All Progressives Congress are pledging to continue the “good works” of President Muhammadu Buhari. Wike queried, “The good...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has every reason to perform beyond expectation in 2022 as President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday inaugurated the Board of the newly incorporated NNPC. The inauguration which took place in Abuja was to ensure strict compliance with Corporate Governance principles that place premium...
A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from further investigating a former governor of the state, Seriake Dickson, on the issue of assets he declared with the Code of Conduct Bureau between 2007 and 2020. The case with suit...
Fishermen operating along the Santa Barbra River and Nembe creeks in Bayelsa on Wednesday lamented the adverse impact of the Nov. 5 oil leak from Aiteo’s oilfield in the area. The management of Aiteo, an indigenous oil firm which operates the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29, says the leak...
Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO), operator of Oil Mining Lease (OML 29) has said the volume of oil leakage from its operations in Bayelsa was yet to be determined. The management of AEEPCO in a statement issued on Wednesday by its spokesperson, Mr Mathew Ndianabasi, confirmed that...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, opened its case in the money laundering case it instituted against Mrs Beauty Apere at the Federal High Court Yenagoa. The absence of EFCC’s star witness on Oct 20 had stalled the N200-million money laundering suit against Mr Embelakpo Apere, and...