About 52 civil society and community-based organisations have threatened to join forces with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to intensify the campaign for Biafra’s self-determination if the federal government fails to release the detained leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The groups insisted that restructuring Nigeria remain the best... Read more
Parents of 14 year old minor abducted in Bayelsa in August 2015 and taken to Kano where she was allegedly forced intoa marriage have berated her continued stay in Police protective custody. The Federal High Court Yenagoa, on Monday adjourned Ese Oruru’s abduction case to Dec. 8, 2016, The... Read more
Government owned primary and secondary schools in Bayelsa resumed the 2016/2017 academic session on Monday as pupils expressed delight at the resumption The resumption followed a directive from the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) to striking members. Public schools in the state delayed to resume... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong, Calabar An Environmentalist, Dr Odigha Odigha says Nigeria can lose more than $1bn on development grants from The United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD). Odigha, a sustainable development campaigner, gave the warning in an interactive session with journalists in Calabar... Read more
The Central Naval Command (CNC) of Nigerian Navy has urged Niger Delta Communities to seize the window of ongoing dialogue to restore peace to the region. Rear Admiral Muhammed Garuba, Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), CNC made the call on Saturday at the flag off of a free medical... Read more
King Bubaraye Dakolo, Paramount Ruler of Ekpetiama community in Yenagoa, Bayelsa has blamed widespread pollution of the Niger Delta environment to weak regulatory framework. Dakolo expressed the view in his palace on Saturday during an advocacy visit by environmental rights group, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN).... Read more
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday lauded the efforts of the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun in steering the economy during such a difficult period, saying time will soon prove her right.Obasanjo, who spoke at the ongoing National Council on Finance and Economic Development (NACOFED) in Abeokuta, Ogun... Read more
A new batch of 60 children from the Niger Delta has been awarded the special secondary school scholarship of The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Joint Venture, Cradle to Career covering tuition and all other bills for six years in four of the topmost private secondary schools in Port... Read more
From Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar No fewer than 253, 000 signatories including forest dependent communities in Cross River state and the international community have called on Nigeria’s Federal Government to compel the state government to cancel the revocation of the traditional rights of occupancy of all the... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong, Calabar The Cross River State Basic Education Board, (SUBEB) says it would spend N7.5 billion for projects under the 2012-2015 Universal Basic Education Commission, (UBEC) Matching Grant. The Executive Chairman of the Board, Dr Stephen Odey, stated this in Calabar at a briefing with... Read more
