Just last week, we reported on the resurfacing of Niger Delta freedom fighters stating the injustices their region grapple with and how they have been marginalised, not to mention the failure of the amnesty program. It was an opportunity – and still is – for the present administration to reacquaint themselves with the deteriorating conditions... Read More

Ibrahim Obanikoro, Niger Delta, oil spillage

January 15, 2021

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There’s still a soot crisis in Port Harcourt and how can we stop it?

On Sunday, a tweet went viral from user @GbemmyG in Port Harcourt showing her AC filters coated in soot, which reignited conversations about the city’s enduring soot problem and its unpleasant effects on the living conditions of residents. First reports of the state’s encroaching soot emerged in 2016/2017, settling over surfaces in a coat of... Read More

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multinational oil companies, oil spillage, Port Harcourt soot crisis

June 2, 2016

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The historic flag off ceremony of the Niger Delta Clean-up (PHOTOS)

Representing the President, Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has kicked off the Clean-Up exercise of oil spill-damaged Ogoni land on Thursday, June 2. The event is taking place at Bodo, Gokana LG, Rivers State. The ceremony The flag-off In need of clean-up

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clean up, femi adeshina, Niger Delta, ogoni land, oil spillage, president buhari, VP Osinbajo

August 23, 2015

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There’s water scarcity in Jonathan’s village, Otuoke

There’s water scarcity in Otuoke, Ogbia LGA of Bayelsa state, the town where former President, Goodluck Jonathan, hails from. Sad Irony. Vanguard reports that Elijah Ateki, the Chairman, Community Development Committee, in the town, has complained bitterly of the lack of a decent water source in the area. According to Ateki, water is the major... Read More

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oil spillage, Otuoke, President Jonathan, water scarcity

March 14, 2014

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Tunde Leye: Nigeria – The curious case of bigger entity myopia

Tunde Leye Elders like Bugaje have done nothing to drive development of the vast non-oil minerals in the north. No, they lazily eye the oil wealth available from the delta and scramble for their share. It was last week that Usman Bugaje made the claims about the oil in the Niger Delta belonging to the... Read More

abuja people, bigger entity, elders, fishing, myopia, Niger Delta, oil producing, oil spillage, opinion, usman bugaje, ynaija

December 22, 2013

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Bayelsa community abandon homes after oil spillage

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The Ikarama people of Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa have abandoned their homes due to another Shell spillage. This is a desperate move to avert possible health hazards from prolonged exposure to the spillage. According to residents of the affected area, they decided to move after a reported delay in cleaning... Read More