Race For Covid-19 Cure: Poor Funding Threaten Great Strides By Nigerian Researchers
FeaturedSpecial Reports May 1, 2020
By Tony Iyare In spite of the avowed resolve by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to check the spread of Coronavirus, inadequate funds and lack of a clear cut policy on the use of herbal medicine by the Nigerian government, may make the search for indigenous cure for... Read more
The disparity in the volume of oil spill from Shell’s field at Angiama community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa has caused disagreement amongst parties investigating the incident. Although the March incident has been traced to equipment failure, by corrosion, investigations indicate that the Joint Investigative Visit... Read more
Bayelsa State government has restated its order against any form of social gathering in the state, saying defaulters risk prosecution. It explained that the order restricting gathering at worship centres, which was restored after the Easter celebrations, was in force and that no form of gathering is permitted no... Read more
Chevron Nigeria Ltd and First E & P on Sunday donated staple food to support its host communities in Bayelsa to cope with the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Representatives of the benefiting eight communities in Southern Ijaw and Brass local governments of Bayelsa took delivery of 1,600... Read more
. As Ijaw Youths Urge Probe Of Disaster An environmentalist, Mr Furoebi Akene, have attributed the dead fishes littering the Niger Delta coastline to the discharge of toxic chemicals from Shell’s operations at Forcados oil export terminal. Akene who spoke in Yenagoa in reaction to NOSDRA’s... Read more
By David Hundeyin Ten years ago, when I was a 19 year-old fresher at the University of Hull, I met Ify. She was, at that time, probably the most beautiful girl I had ever set my eyes on. I immediately tripped, hit my head and went into an infatuation... Read more
By: Nwankwo Tony Nwaezeigwe, PhD, DD In October 1966 my late father Lawrence Obi Nwankwo Nwaezeigwe escaped the pogrom by the whiskers in the Northern city of Bauchi. Many of his relations and Igbo ethnic compatriots were not so lucky. In 1991, my Mother’s only brother Mr. Vincent Onyeachonam—a... Read more
Setting The Facts Right About Leadership In Rap And PRODA
Opinion April 28, 2020
By Ken Ekezie On the 13th of April, 2020, a gentleman, Franklin Ekechukwu announced the transition of his Uncle, Dr. Ebenezer Oluchukwu Ekechukwu. This was on Twitter. His exact words: “My Uncle, the man incharge of Research and Production (RAP) during Nigeria/Biafra war, The Founder and First Director... Read more
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) on Monday said it has resumed oil exports from the Forcados Oil Export Terminal halted on April 4 over ‘unforeseen circumstances’ in its operations. Mr Michael Adande, an SPDC Spokesman confirmed the development to our correspondent in an email on... Read more
A renowned Environmentalist Rev Nnimmo Bassey has urged governments and oil industry regulators to investigate the cause of dead fishes littering the Atlantic coastline in Delta and Bayelsa. Bassey who made the call in a reaction to reports of massive death of fish by coastline residents noted that... Read more
