Mr Gospel Obolo, a sports enthusiast and Entrepreneur on Monday advocated use of frequent sports competitions to engage the teeming youth population as a means to discourage crime. Obolo, a Vice Chairman Kick-boxing Federation of Nigeria made the call at the opening ceremony of 2021 Ogbia Traditional Wrestling Festival... Read more
Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production says it is seeking foreign technical expertise to halt the ongoing Nov 5 oil leak at an oilfield it operates in Nembe, Bayelsa. The oil firm in a statement issued by its Spokesman, Mathew Ndianabasi on Sunday noted that the oil firm has intensified... Read more
The Bayelsa government on Friday said it was not satisfied with the inability of Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company to plug ongoing leaks at its field in Nembe, two weeks after the incident. The government reaction was contained in a statement issued by Mt Ayibaina Duba, Bayelsa Commissioner... Read more
The Movement for the Survival of the Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta, (MOSIEND), has asked the Minister of Niger Delta, Sen. Godswill Akpabio to resign for lack of performance. MOSIEND regretted that Akpabio has betrayed the hopes and expectations that heralded the announcement of his appointment... Read more
USCIRF Appalled At Administration’s Removal Of Nigeria From List Of Violators Of Religious Freedom
FeaturedPress Releases November 18, 2021
Welcomes State Department’s Additional Designations of Russia and Algeria Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) finds it unexplainable that the U.S. Department of State did not redesignate Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) and treated it as a country with no severe religious... Read more
The Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) has demanded immediate relief to communities impacted by ongoing oil and gas leaks from an oilfield operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company at Nembe in Bayelsa. The IDC with headquarters in New Jersey sought immediate deployment of appropriate technology to plug... Read more
Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited (HEOSL) a US firm on Monday announced the appointment of Mr. Adesola Adebawo as General Manager, Government, Joint Venture and External Relations. According to a statement by Chief Executive Officer of HEOSL, Mr. Naeem-Atiq Sadiq,of HEOSL a subsidiary of US based Heritage Oil... Read more
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on Sunday said that the Nov. 5 oil spill reported at an oil well within Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 was yet to abate, 10 days afterwards. It was learnt that officials of NOSDRA deployed to ascertain the cause and... Read more
The Ijaw Diaspora Council, (IDC) on Friday called on the Federal government and international community’ to halt ongoing oil leak at an oilfield at Nembe in Bayelsa. It will be recalled that Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Exploration Company on Nov 5 reported a major leak from its Oil Mining... Read more
