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The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project has commenced a specialised mud logging training programme for 300 Ogoni youths. Speaking during the orientation at Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori, Project Coordinator, Professor Nenibarini Zabbey, urged the beneficiaries to make good use of the opportunity, noting that more than 17,000 people applied for the programme. The six-month training combines
The Degema Area Traditional Rulers Council has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently intervene in the prolonged gas leak affecting Bille Community, describing the situation as a major environmental and humanitarian crisis. In a statement signed by the Chairman of the Council, King Agolia Aboko, Omoni XII, the traditional rulers commended Rivers State Governor
Business owners and residents along Ikwerre Road in Port Harcourt are counting their losses after heavy rainfall on Thursday triggered severe flooding that submerged homes, shops, and major sections of the road. The flooding disrupted commercial activities and left many residents struggling to salvage their belongings as water inundated homes and business premises. Affected traders
A youth group representing oil and gas host communities in Ogoniland has called on the public to allow due process to take its course over recent allegations involving the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP). The Ogoni Oil and Gas Host Communities Youths Association (OOGHCYA) said the allegations against the Project Coordinator of HYPREP, Professor Nenibarini
Tension is mounting in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State over a planned exercise by Halliburton to destroy expired explosives in Kpoghor Community. The Rivers State Police Command announced on Tuesday that it had approved the company’s request to carry out the destruction exercise beginning Wednesday. However, several civil society organisations in the Niger
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has issued an urgent public advisory warning of severe flash flood risks in Rivers State and 26 other states, with the alert taking effect from July 10. NiMet attributed the heightened flood threat to persistent rainfall recorded throughout June, which has left soils across many parts of the country heavily
Human rights activist, Courage Nsirimovu, has said recent government promises to upgrade the healthcare centre in Bille community do not address the immediate crisis confronting residents of the area. Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, had pledged to improve the facility following environmental concerns in Bille, Degema
The Federal Government has said it is intensifying efforts to investigate the gas seepage affecting Bille Community in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, led a Federal Government delegation to the community, where officials promised immediate humanitarian support and a lasting solution to the environmental
Civil society organisations in Rivers State have called on the Federal Government to carry out an immediate environmental assessment and clean-up of Bille Kingdom following reports of a prolonged gas leak in the area. The groups made the demand in an open letter addressed to President Bola Tinubu and presented through the Office of the
The Chairman of the Amadiama Council of Chiefs, Oliver Olunwa, has called on the Rivers State Government to accelerate debris removal at the site of the collapsed five-storey building on Odili Road, Port Harcourt. Olunwa said the slow pace of the operation had reduced the chances of rescuing anyone who might still be trapped beneath
