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2011: Omehia Warns North, Backs Jonathan
Wednesday, 8 September 2010, 12:34 pm | Akanimo Sampson
FORMER Governor of Rivers State, Celestine Omehia, whose administration was short-circuited by the Supreme Court ruling of October 25, 2007 has joined President Goodluck Jonathan's growing campaign train even as he has warned Northern political leaders against moving ... More >>
Rivers: PDP Faction Rejects Contribution Levy Act
Wednesday, 8 September 2010, 12:33 pm | Akanimo Sampson
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State that is known as the ''Founding Members Group'' has rejected Governor Chibuike Amaechi administration's Social Levy Act which was passed last week by the state House of Assembly and immediately signed ... More >>
Lawmaker Cautions JTF Over Civilian Casualties
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 11:27 am | Akanimo Sampson
OFFICERS and men of the Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta region, have been strongly advised to always apply caution and necessary care, while patrolling the creeks of the region, to avoid unwarranted deaths of civilians. More >>
2011 Presidential Race: Confusion In Niger Delta
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 11:06 am | Akanimo Sampson
DESPITE the supposedly superficial support by the governors and some stakeholders of the South-South geo-political zone, for the presidential project of President Goodluck Jonathan, there is a simmering air of political uncertainty in the zone. More >>
FoEI Tackles UN On Ogoni Oil Spills
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 12:00 pm | Akanimo Sampson
Friends of the Earth International (FoEI), a global federation of environmental rights advocacy groups, has accused the UN of unfair dealing in their probe of devastating oil spills in the Niger Delta, Nigeria's main oil and gas basin. More >>
Outrage Over Gates Foundation, Monsanto Deal
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 11:58 am | Akanimo Sampson
Farmers and civil society organizations around the world are outraged by the recent discovery of further connections between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and agribusiness titan Monsanto. More >>
Oil Floods Bayelsa Farmlands
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 11:51 am | Akanimo Sampson
A devastating oil spill has flooded farmlands in Ikarama, a rustic Ijaw community in Bayelsa State. More >>
Biofuels For Europe Drive Land Grabbing In Africa
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 11:38 am | Akanimo Sampson
The amount of farmland being taken in Africa to meet Europe’s increasing demand for biofuels is underestimated and out of control, new investigations by Friends of the Earth reveal today. More >>
Don't Sell Forests, Groups Urge Nigerian Govts
Friday, 27 August 2010, 4:41 pm | Akanimo Sampson
A round table strategic meeting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), has kicked against continued selling of forests by communities and governments in Nigeria More >>
Step Aside, N'Delta Group Tells Jonathan
Friday, 27 August 2010, 4:39 pm | Akanimo Sampson
One of the radical civil society networks in the Niger Delta says they are not in support of President Goodluck Jonathan, contesting in the 2011 presidential polls. They are rather spoiling for former military ruler, Ibrahim Babangidas. More >>
Reject Reckless Issues, Citizens Tell Nigeria
Saturday, 14 August 2010, 1:02 pm | Akanimo Sampson
CITIZENS and civil society groups in the Niger Delta, Nigeria's main oil and gas region, want the country to reject fresh request from President Goodluck Jonathan for approval of a new $4.427billion foreign loan. Approval of such a loan would be ... More >>
Re-Election Fever Hits Sylva, Seeks AC Cover
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 1:07 pm | Akanimo Sampson
THE re-election fever appears to have caught up with Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State, as the political waters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), gradually becomes turbulent for him. More >>
4,000 Visit Niger Delta Oil Spill Sites
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 1:06 pm | Akanimo Sampson
AROUND 4,000 students, researchers and concerned environmental rights activists have so far visited oil spill sites in the Niger Delta in the last five years. More >>
Minister Threatens Activist Over Report
Monday, 9 August 2010, 4:41 pm | Akanimo Sampson
NIGERIA's Environment Minister, Mr. John Odey, is allegedly on the war-path with the Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group (NDEBUMOG), a pro-public accountability organisation, over a recent report by the civil society group. More >>
Bayelsa: Plot to Extend Sylva's Tenure Irks AC
Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 12:51 pm | Akanimo Sampson
THE on-going schemes by some public functionaries in Bayelsa State, to elongate the tenure of the state Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, has drawn the ire of the opposition Action Congress (AC). More >>
Niger: Militants, JTF Clash Over Gen. Bello
Saturday, 17 July 2010, 12:02 pm | Akanimo Sampson
UNREPENTANT militants on the platform of the Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC),said on Friday that they want the Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) releaved of his post for alleged unwholesome deals. More >>
Nigeria Fuels Panic In Ghana, Says MEND
Sunday, 11 July 2010, 11:47 am | Akanimo Sampson
A potentially dangerous diplomatic row between Ghana and Nigeria is brewing. This follows an allegation by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),an insurgent network that Nigeria was fuelling panic in Ghana. More >>
Nigeria: Reps Move Against Oil Theft
Saturday, 10 July 2010, 12:32 pm | Akanimo Sampson
NIGERIA's House of Representatives is currently making frantic efforts to contain transnational oil corporations operating in the country on the worrisome issue of sharp practices in the industry. More >>
2011: Bloodbath Imminent in Akwa Ibom
Friday, 2 July 2010, 12:17 pm | Akanimo Sampson
JOURNALISTS for Niger Delta (JODEL), a media group concern with the affairs of Nigeria's oil and gas region, has warned that the political situation in Akwa Ibom State vis-a-vis the approaching 2011 polls is likely to result in a terrible bloodbath if the authorities ... More >>
Oil Spill: Sanction Exxonmobil
Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 12:55 pm | Akanimo Sampson
OILWATCH Africa, an environmental group concerned with the underbelly activities of the petroleum industry, is currently pressing the Nigerian government to impose heavy sanctions on ExxonMobil, an American oil and gas major, for alleged frequent ... More >>
