JTF Apprehends 4 Suspected Pirates in Bayelsa Creeks
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta , Operation Pulo Shield on Thursday announced the arrest of four suspected sea pirates by its operatives in Bayelsa waterways. Gov Dickson denies plans to defect to APC     Briefing journalists at JTF’s Headquarters in Yenagoa, Lt.-Col. Isa Ado, Spokesman... 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
UniCem Earmarks N9bn for Completion of 20 km Road Project in Cross River
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Akamkpa   The United Cement Company of Nigeria (UniCem) says its on-going 20-kilometre evacuation road construction project in Cross River will cost more than N9 billion upon completion in 2016.                    The Managing Director of UniCem, Mr Olivier Lenoir, disclosed this during the media tour of... Read more
NGO Seeks Expulsion of Agro-Based Multinational From Cross River State Forests For Alleged Land Grabbing
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