From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Ikang Gov.Ben Ayade of Cross River has reassured that his ministration desired that the peaceful and calm nature of the state be maintained for business to thrive instead of criminality.Ayade stated this at the Ikang water front in Bakassi Local Government Area Thursday shortly after inspecting... Read more
From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu, Yenogoa. Shell’s Kolo Creek-Rumuekpe pipeline spilled 306 barrels of crude- JIV Report A breach on a 20 inch crude delivery pipeline from Kolo Creek fields in to Rumuekpe in Rivers has discharged some 306 barrels of crude into the swamps. According to a Joint... Read more
A total of 27 partnerships have been agreed by Nigerian and British companies under the auspices of the annual Nigeria-UK engagement programme sponsored by the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo). The partnerships cover a wide range of oil and gas activities including engineering, maintenance, fabrication and... Read more
Twelve oil workers died in a pipeline explosion which occurred on Thursday afternoon at Agip’s oil fields in Azuzuama in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa. Three others were injured in the explosion at an oil spill site operated by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) where a... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has signed the state’s Infrastructure Fund bill into law. The law empowers the state government to seek for funding for its capital projects such as the governor’s signature projects in its effort to render services to its citizenry. Speaking... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The National and State Legislative Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Calabar, Cross River, is insisting that the use of Forensic Analysis to ascertain the veracity of votes cast is relevant as it will assist in disposing electoral disputes before it. The three-member Tribunal led... Read more
From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu, Yenogoa. An Economist Mr Friday Udoh has advised President Muhamed Buhari to adopt new economic models to revamp the ailing economy. Udoh, South-South Zonal Cordinator, Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (ICEN) gave the advice in an interview in Yenagoa on Tuesday. The economist... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar. Cross River State Governo,r Prof Ben Ayade, has called on leaders in West Africa sub-region to look outside the box and embrace the abundance tourism potentials which he described as a gold mine to improve on their economies and well being of their citizenry. Ayade... Read more
Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s political ally, Chief Diekivie Ikiogha, has formally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa. It will be recalled that legislators from Jonathan’s state and federal constituencies had earlier left the PDP for APC. Ikiogha, who was a founding... Read more
From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu, Yenogoa. The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield on Friday said it has impounded a vessel laden with 1,500 metric tons of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil. Lt. –Col. Ado Isa, Spokesman of the JTF told reporters at the task... Read more
