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HYPREP to Award Scholarship to 300 Postgraduate Ogoni Students By: Barikui Felix, Port Harcourt A scholarship scheme instituted by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) would support the academic work of three hundred Ogonis. The scholarship which is under the Educational Support Programme of HYPREP is for postgraduate students already studying for their Master’s and…
Building Collapse kills One, Injures Another In Rivers By: Barikui Felix, Port Harcourt A middle-aged man identified as Udeme from Akwa-Ibom State has been reportedly killed in an incident involving a collapsed 2-storey building under construction at the Egbelu-Mgbaraja axis of Ogbogoro Community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The is comes less…
No Nice Word for GenocideWelcome words by Nnimmo Bassey, Director, HOMEF, at the International Oil Pollutionand Just Transition Conference held at Abuja on 30 October 2024 This conference comes at a pivotal moment in the socioecological history of Nigeria. Extractivism and accompanying pollution have wreaked extensive damage in our national life’s physical, socioeconomic, and cultural…
Fortification of Ultra-Processed Foods: When More Becomes Harmful By Bukola Olukemi-Odele Throughout history, human survival has greatly depended on sourcing, preparing, and consuming different kinds of food. Food is the third basic need of man after air and water. It supplies our bodies with nutrients for growth, tissue repair, maintenance, and regulating vital processes. Food…
Akwa Ibom Records Staggering N528b Surplus In Third Quarter By Uko Etim, Uyo The Akwa Ibom State government has announced a remarkable surplus of N528.6 billion in the third quarter of the 2024 financial year. In a statement signed by the State Commissioner of Finance, Dr. Nsikan Nkan, and made available to newsmen in Uyo,…
PMS PRICE ADJUSTMENTS As Nigeria strives to attain full deregulation status in the downstream sector instead of providing a competitive business environment, it’s important to note that prices will continue to fluctuate to reflect market dynamics. This has led to ascertaining the rumor that the NNPC Limited pump price adjustment of PMS across all retail outlets…
PETROAN ADVOCATES GRANTS OF N100B TO RESCUE RETAIL OUTLET OPERATORS. Katherine Abayomi The National Bureau of Statistics shows a percentage of 5.3, which represents that over four million Nigerians are unemployed. President Tinubu’s transformative policies show great hope for Nigeria’s economy in the near future, but not at the moment. It is now economically disastrous for…
Missing Corp Member By: Barikui Felix- Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command says it has started investigation into the disappearance of Mr. Yahaya Faruk, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member who was deployed to Community Secondary School, Ikuru Town in Andoni Local Government Area of the state that has been missing since October…
PETROAN Blames High Death Toil On Ignorance And Poverty. Katherine Abayomi The National Headquarters of Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) Abuja commiserates with the families of Tuesday’s tragic tanker explosion in Jigawa state. The national publicity secretary of PETROAN Obele Joseph stated that the high death toll is as a result…
CSO Faults Energy Transition Plan Over Lack of Community Input By Uko Etim, Uyo A Civil Society Organisation, Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation, has criticised the Energy Transition Plan (ETP) for failing to gather concerns from impacted communities, particularly in Niger Delta, before its implementation. The Director, Partnership and Development, Yar’Adua Foundation, Mr. Amara Nwankpa, made…