Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited has admitted that the oil spill that occurred at its manifold at Ogale in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers on Monday was an operational accident. The admission came as the Chairman of Eleme Local Government, Brain Gokpa, […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A fresh oil spill has been reported in Ogale, headquarters of Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State. The spill, which occurred at platform operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited occurred while workers of the company were said to be carrying out […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Ogoni people of Rivers State have been upbeat over the assent given to the Federal University of Environment, to be sited in Ogoni on Monday. But a few others have expressed reservations over the President’s action, coming after the Federal Government began […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Chairman of Eleme Local Government, Brain Gokpa, has berated the managements of the Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited, PHRC, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, for neglecting their host communities and youths in their employment programmes. Gokpa, who hosted a […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Eighth Triennial Delegates Conference of the Rivers State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, ended in a stalemate on Wednesday. This followed an alleged interference by the state government, which created suspicion among journalists. The National Vice-president of the union, […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The oil spill from the Buguma Oil Field blowout has continued to spread to more communities along the New Calabar River causing damage to lands and water resources on its path.The blowout occurred two weeks ago after a security helicopter was said to […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The police have identified the expatriate that drowned when his car plunged into Okulu River, Aleto, Eleme on the East Road on Monday night. The body was recovered from the river about 4pm on Tuesday, following a combined operation by the Eleme Local […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow An attempt to kidnap company workers on the Eleme axis of the East-West Road in Rivers State on Monday night ended with the Toyota Hilux van carrying an expatriate and other passengers skidding off the bridge and falling into the Okulu River at […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Youths of Bonny kingdom in Rivers State have suspended their plan to shut down activities in Bonny Island to protest the failure of multinational oil and gas companies doing business in the kingdom to honour their corporate social responsibility obligations to the community. […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Only a day after the Minister of Works, David Umahi, inspected progress of work on the Eleme axis of the East-West Road project in Rivers State, property owners along that axis of the road have called for the cancellation of the contract to […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Three victims of last Saturday’s gas explosion in Port Harcourt, including a man and his daughter, have died. A phone repairer commonly known as Ayo and his young daughter, succumbed to severe burns they received from the explosion. Michael Tordue, a neighbour of […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Victims of the gas explosion that occurred at Big Tree Junction Orazi in Port Harcourt have been moved to Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, the Military Hospital and Sonabel Clinic Port Harcourt for more intensive care. Meanwhile two of the victims, including a […] More
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