At least 14 people have been killed in armed attacks in Nigeria, authorities said on Sunday. Armed attackers killed at least 10 people in the southeastern state of Ebonyi, Ogbonnaya Chukwu-Ude, chairman of the Ivo local government area of Ebonyi, said at a press conference. Local media said four... Read more
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
. 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: 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
Mr Iniruo Wills, Ex-Environment Commissioner in Bayelsa on Thursday called on oil industry regulators to priorities investigation of increased toxicity of Atlantic coastline causing massive death of fishes. Wills made the call in an interview in Yenagoa in a reaction to dead fishes littering the coastline across Delta, Bayelsa... Read more
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), has held divergent views with members of its host communities in Bayelsa on the cause of dead fishes littering the Atlantic coastline near the oil firm’s operations. Residents along Koluama, Ekeni, Ezetu, Fishtown, Foropa, Sangana axis of the Atlantic coastline in Bayelsa, hosts to CNL... 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
