From Dianabasi Effiong The ecological Think Tank, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has called for concerted efforts towards the preservation of biodiversity and in addressing processes which pose as threat to it. HOMEF made the appeal in a statement made available to the media to mark the International Day of... Read more
The presence of herdsmen in Ohuru Isi-Miri community in the Aba North Local Government Area of Abia has put farmers in the community, especially women on edge. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited the community on Thursday reports that gloom has descended on the community, due... Read more
Mrs Victoria Obaze, a Nigerian from Imo State made history on Wednesday after she was sworn into office as the first black female Civic Mayor of London Borough of Tower Hamlets, United Kingdom (UK). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obaze’s inauguration on Wednesday is the latest... Read more
The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Thursday adjourned a suit seeking to halt the renewal of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 instituted by Nembe communities in Bayelsa. It was learnt thqt the lease will expire on June 30, 2019 , while the operator of the oilfields had... Read more
Lagos, Nigeria, May 15, 2019: Chairman of Connect Technologies, Chief Chris Uwaje would preside over the 2019 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, slated for Thursday, June 20, at the Welcome Centre Hotels, International Airport Road, Lagos. Affirming this Tuesday in... Read more
By Emeka Maduewesi Professor Charles Okechukwu Esimone has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka. The new Vice Chancellor was born in Tiko, Cameroon and attended the St. Joseph’s College Sasse, Cameroon prior to graduating with the B. Pharm, M. Pharm and PhD... Read more
A Niger Delta group, the Ifalibobou Revolutionary Movement, (IRM) on Tuesday expressed safety concerns over the state of an oil rig deployed to oilfields at Koluama coastal communities in Bayelsa. The group issued an ultimatum to First Exploration and Petroleum Development Company (First E&P) to clarify the safety records... Read more
The ongoing Assa North/Ohaji South gas development project in Imo State, southeast Nigeria will produce 600 million standard cubic feet of gas per day, energy equivalent of about 2400 Megawatts which is enough to provide uninterrupted electricity to about 2.4 million homes, Managing Director, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of... Read more
By Dianabasi Effiong Port Harcourt – A Nigerian, Dr Maxwell Meju, has been selected by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) headquartered in Tulsa, USA for the 2019 Reginald Fessenden Award. The award is said to be one of the highest prizes in exploration geophysics. A notification of the... Read more
. Begins Regional Power Pool, Industrialisation Project . To distribute Medical Equipment, Vaccines to Niger Delta States The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has reaffirmed its commitment to ensure the sustenance of projects executed by the Commission, in the Niger Delta region for the benefit of the people through... Read more