Artisanal Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN), on Sunday applauded Friday’s Dutch Court ruling that found Shell liable of polluting the farmlands of four farmers in the Niger Delta. They urged the oil firm which lost the case at appeal to consider complying with the judgement and compensate the... Read more
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) and prominent Environmentalists have held divergent views on Friday’s verdict by a Dutch court that found Shell liable for pollution of farmlands and fish ponds of four farmers in Niger Delta. While SPDC expressed disappointment over the ruling, some environmentalists... Read more
OPEN MEMO: TO ALL NIGERIAN CITIZENS OF CONSCIENCE AND STAKEHOLDERS Tuesday, 2nd February, 2021 …..SET UP STRATEGIC POLITICAL CELLS AND STRUCTURES NATION WIDE …….TO INAUGURATE NEW MEGA POLITICAL MOVEMENT OF EMINENT LEADERS OF CONSCIENCE IN MARCH, 2021 TO SAVE NIGERIA …….TO MOBILISE FOR A NEW PEOPLES CONSTITUTION FOR NIGERIA,... Read more
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has said that the Electoral Act’s amendment by the National Assembly will be mere charade if the card reader is not to be used to determine the validity of every vote cast. According to a statement by his media aide, Mr Kelvin Ebiri, the... Read more
The International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law otherwise known as Intersociety has expressed mixed feelings over the sack of Nigeria’s military service top brass noting that their removal was long in coming even as Nigerians suffered undeserved inhumanity due to their dereliction of duty. The body which... Read more
Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has applauded the decision of a Dutch Court of Appeal in favour four Bayelsa farmers impacted by oil spills. Dutch court on Friday ordered the Nigerian subsidiary of Shell to pay compensation over oil spills in Bayelsa. The Court of Appeal... Read more
Investigation into the Jan. 16, oil spill near Funiwa offshore facilities off the Atlantic coast,near Bayelsa has taken regulators and environmentalists beyond Chevron facilities to nearby Auntie Julie platform. The team, which on Jan. 23, visited communities affected by the oil leakage in Koluama in Southern Ijaw Local... Read more
Candidate for a seat on the venerable FIFA Council, the highest decision-making organ in football in the universe, Amaju Melvin Pinnick will on Saturday be honoured with a Special Recognition Award at the maiden edition of the Sportsville Awards in Lagos. Chairman of Sportsville Communications (organizers of the Awards), Hon.... Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has expressed optimism about possibility of a speedy resolution of the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West. In cognisance of the significance of the South West to the survival PDP, Governor Wike said all stakeholders interested in the... Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Rivers State Government to stop fabricating tales in an effort to deny Governor Nyesom Wike’s interest to contest the presidency in 2023. According to a statement issued by the party’s Spokesman, Chief Ogbonna Nwuke, the APC said the Governor’s real intent... Read more
