Renowned Environmentalists Rev Nnimmo Bassey and Mr Alagoa Morris on Wednesday frowned at the neglect of oil community environment by Niger Delta Governors. The duo in separate interviews on the 2019 World Environmental Day (WED) noted that 13 per cent oil derivation funds to oil-producing states were being diverted... Read more
. IRM Says Concerns Over Safety Of Rig At OMLs 83 & 85 In Bayelsa Being Addressed The Oil and Gas Producing Areas Enlightenment and Empowerment Initiative (OGPAEEI) on Sunday commended the Federal Government and its agencies for intervening oil spill impacted areas in Bayelsa. Mr Collins Igbabiri,... Read more
A joint investigation into the activities of some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) involved in 2019 general elections in Bayelsa is underway. It was learnt that the investigation by security agencies in collaboration with INEC National headquarters has resulted shakeup and redeployment of affected officers at... Read more
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has re-affirmed its commitment to the execution of quality projects for the people of the Niger Delta region as well as pledged to to commission a pilot power project that will restore electricity to Ubima and Isiokpo in Ikwerre Local Government Area of... Read more
TEAM EFFORT Today the world observes the 75th anniversary of D-Day: June 6, 1944, when Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy and helped turn the tide against fascism and Nazism. What marked the beginning of the last year of Hitler’s reign of terror, though, began far away —... Read more
By Arlene J. Schar and Dr. David Leffler “The kingdom of Saudi Arabia does not want a war in the region nor does it seek that, It will do what it can to prevent this war…” –Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir Attacks on Saudi Arabia’s... Read more
On Tiananmen Square Anniversary, USCIRF Calls For Sanctions On Officials Responsible For Religious Freedom Violations
FeaturedPress Releases June 6, 2019
June 4, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC – On the 30th anniversary of the Chinese government’s violent suppression of peaceful protests in and around Tiananmen Square, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) called on the U.S. government to impose Global Magnitsky sanctions on Chinese officials and agencies... Read more
Barely 24 hours after assumption of office, Imo State governor, Emeka Ihedioha has commenced the demolition of monuments built by the immediate past governor, Rochas Okorocha as his first action as governor. Ihedioha was sworn-in as the sixth Executive governor of the state on Wednesday. The Akachi tower, one... Read more
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo and 393 others aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane, escaped crash on Wednesday at Murtala Mohammed International Airport. Obasanjo who was reported to have been absent from the inauguration ceremony of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term, escaped crashing in the plane. Other prominent Nigerians... Read more
Alh. Adebayo Shittu, immediate past Minister of Communications, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) may go into extinction after the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari if Mr Adams Oshiomhole remains its National Chairman. Shittu stated this on Thursday in Abuja, while speaking with newsmen in reaction to a... Read more
