Wike: The other side of a fighter, by Donu Kogbara
I went home to Rivers State last weekend to participate in a celebration and Anglican thanksgiving service. They were hosted in Koroma, Tai Local Government Area, by Senator Barinada Mpigi, a fellow Ogoni and friend. And the special guests of honour were Chief Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, and Chief Nyesom Wike, our former governor […]
NDDC gives free healthcare to N’Delta communities
PORT HARCOURT: About 900, 000 persons have so far benefitted from the Niger Delta Development Commission’s free health care programme which started fourteen years ago in the region.
Oil companies flare N273bn worth of gas in 2013
Nigeria lost about $1.705 billion (N272.8 billion) to gas flaring, as oil and gas firms operating in the country flared 409.311 billion Standard Cubic Feet, SCF, of gas between January and December 2013.
Igwe stresses importance of modular refining
In the recent time you’ve been very passionate about modular refining system, what is fuelling this passion?
Agreements on compensations are not easy -Shell
In August 2011, the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, released its Environmental Assessment of environmental damage on account of spills from oil activities by the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, in Ogoni land in Rivers State. Three years down the line, Ogoni land is still nowhere near the emergency clean up as recommended by UNEP, […]
Mistrust frustrates NIPPs’ privatisation
In a couple of months from now, it would be one year since the successful sale of the assets of the defunct Power Holding Company, PHCN assets to private investors.
