The joint military task force in the Niger Delta operation Pulo Shield has sent a 10-man team to mediate in the crisis between Agip and its host community Egbebiri which has disrupted oil production. The Egbebiri community in Yenagoa Local Government Area had on Tuesday shut down six... Read more
Dickson To Prioritize Children’s, Women’s Issues
News May 29, 2015
As children all over the country celebrate Children’s Day, Governor Seriake Dickson has assured them that, the State Government would continue to accord priority to issues relating to women and children towards giving them a better life. Governor Dickson gave the assurance at a party organized by his... Read more
Last week Friday, at the Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, in the United States, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina received a prestigious honorary Doctor of Agriculture degree. The award was conferred on him during spring commencement ceremonies in the West Lafayette campus’ Elliott Hall of... Read more
The family members of Chief Thirdman Lambert, the paramount ruler of Biokpnga in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa, have appealed for his unconditional release by his abductors. One of his sons, Mr Idua Lambert, who made the appeal for his release, said the entire community had been anxious... Read more
A team of journalist’s from various media houses recently undertook a visit to the Line 11 and Evacuation Road projects constructed by the United Cement Company of Nigeria Limited (UniCem) in Cross River, Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region. They also spoke with Mr Oliver Lenoir, the Managing Director... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong Akamkpa (Cross River) A Non-Governmental Organisation has called for the expulsion of Wilmar plantations, an agro-based multinational from Cross River State over alleged land grabbing, community and environmental rights violations. The call was made in Akamkpa by Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) at an... Read more
The Management of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has commenced recovery of spilled crude following leak from its Kolo Creek Manifol. According to Shell, the leak within the Kolo creek oil field operated SPDC in Bayelsa discharged some 27 barrels of shell’s crude blend into the environment... Read more
Gunmen kidnap Local Government Chairman in Bayelsa
News April 26, 2015
Two unidentified gunmen on Wednesday abducted Mr Enaye Abah, Chairman of Ogbia , Jonathan’s Local Government Area and took him to an unknown destination. Though the motive behind the kidnap remains unclear with the kidnappers yet to establish link with the family of the hostage, there are fears... Read more
4th Annual Igbo Conference: Igbo Womanhood, Womanbeing and Personhood
NewsPress Releases April 11, 2015
The Igbo Conference Team in conjunction with The Centre for African Studies, SOAS Univeristy of London presents “The 4th Annual Igbo Conference: Igbo Womanhood, Womanbeing and Personhood” This conference seeks to engage with various conceptions of Igbo womanhood, in relation to the changing position of Igbo women and the changing... Read more
The death on Thursday of the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Strategy, Research and Documentation Mr Oronto Douglas has thrown Bayelsa into a mourning mood. The death occurred in the early hours of Thursday at Aso Villa Clinic in Abuja. A family source Mr... Read more
