Bayelsa government on Tuesday said that there was no going back at the ongoing demolition of illegal structures in pursuit of its urban renewal project. It will be recalled that the Bayelsa COVID-19 Task Force Chaired by Gov Douye Diri had in the past weeks demolished illegal structures at... Read more

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) an environmental NGO has expressed divergent views with the National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on the causes of massive death of fishes littering the coast. NOSDRA) had on May 14 said that findings on the dead fishes on the Atlantic... Read more

In continuation of the fight to check the spread of coronavirus,  Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has  announced the compulsory use of face masks in the state. Governor Wike also stated that the State Security Council will in the next 24 hours take stringent measures against commercial transport... Read more

The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on Monday said that the dead fishes floating and littering the Niger Delta coastline has got nothing to do with its operations. Residents along the Atlantic coastline in Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa Ibom have reported massive death of croaker fish specie since... Read more

• Provides list of witnesses Subterranean plots hatched by some unscrupulous persons to rig the forthcoming election of the Onitsha International Drug Market in Anambra State, has been revealed by the International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law (Intersociety). In a letter  to the Anambra State Director... Read more

The disparity in the volume of oil spill from Shell’s field at Angiama community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa has caused disagreement amongst parties investigating the incident. Although the March incident has been traced to equipment failure, by corrosion, investigations indicate that the Joint Investigative Visit... Read more

Bayelsa State government has restated its order against any form of social gathering in the state, saying defaulters risk prosecution. It explained that the order restricting gathering at worship centres, which was restored after the Easter celebrations, was in force and that no form of gathering is permitted no... Read more

 . As Ijaw Youths Urge Probe Of Disaster     An environmentalist, Mr Furoebi Akene, have attributed the dead fishes littering the Niger Delta coastline to the discharge of toxic chemicals from Shell’s operations at Forcados oil export terminal.   Akene who spoke in Yenagoa in reaction to NOSDRA’s... Read more

Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), has held divergent views with members of its host communities in Bayelsa on the cause of dead fishes littering the Atlantic coastline near the oil firm’s operations. Residents along Koluama, Ekeni, Ezetu, Fishtown, Foropa, Sangana axis of the Atlantic coastline in Bayelsa, hosts to CNL... Read more