GENEVA, Switzerland, April 3, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The World Council of Churches (WCC) has strongly condemned the terror attack yesterday on the campus of Garissa University in North East Kenya. A statement issued on 3 April from the WCC headquarters in Geneva has expressed grave concern over... Read more
From Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Chief Clement Ebri, former governor of Cross River Thursday lauded the outcome of the presidential elections and congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan for conceding defeat at the polls. He stated this in an interview with journalists in Calabar on successful and peaceful Presidential and National Assembly... Read more
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has denied reports that it shut down its flow stations in Bayelsa over fears of attack by militants over negative outcome of polls results. It was gathered that the oil firm reportedly acted to forestall attacks by militants aggrieved by Jonathan’s... Read more
Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has berated Shell for poor response to ongoing oil leak within its oil fields in Bayelsa. ERA/FoEN, an environmental rights focused Non Governmental Organisation in its field reports on the incident regretted that the oil firm had yet to... Read more
SkyVision Launches Global Broadcast Services and Engineering Solutions to Support the Increasing Demand for Video Services in Africa
Press Releases March 31, 2015
Hertfordshire,UK,23 March 2015,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-SkyVision Global Networks Ltd., a leading global communication provider, today announced the recent addition of broadcast services and engineering solutions to its diverse IP connectivity services and solutions portfolio, to answer the insatiable demand for DTH, IPTV and OTT services in the markets it... Read more
Statement By President Goodluck Jonathan After Announcement Of Presidential Election Results
Nigeria March 31, 2015
Fellow Nigerians, I thank you all for turning out en-masse for the March 28 General Elections. I promised the country free and fair elections. I have kept my word. I have also expanded the space for Nigerians to participate in the democratic process. That is one legacy I will... Read more
By Ejikeme Ibe In a few days’ time, Nigerians will be going to the polls once more to elect their President, a host of Governors and sundry officials who will preside over the affairs of their country and constituencies for the next 4 years starting on 29 May 2015. I... Read more
The immunization of children against Hepatitis B infection and typhoid has commenced in primary schools across the 15 local government areas of Akwa Ibom State. The week-long health programme, organized by the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Health in conjunction with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is expected... Read more
An oil leak from Seibou Deep facility operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), has been discharging crude into Ogboinbiri River at Southern Ijaw Council Area, Bayelsa. Residents in the coastal settlements in Ogboinbiri and neigbouring communities say the oil leak had damaged the fishing activities of the... Read more
Residents in Bayelsa Oil Communities have been scrambling to purchase oil spill compensation forms for the December 2011 Bonga oil spill incident. It will be recalled that some 40,000 barrels of crude was discharged into the Atlantic during an operational mishap by the oil field operated... Read more
