Tag:rivers state

Pollution

When Rivers, Akwa Ibom communities told tales of oil pollution, environmental degradation

Oil and gas extraction activities in Nigeria are often accompanied by routine gas flaring and oil spills. The resulting pollution has added to the...

Michael Simire - March 27, 2023

Disaster Risk Management

Eroton’s OML 18 oil well fire in Rivers extinguished – NOSDRA

The fire at the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 18 operated by Eroton Exploration and Exploration Company has been extinguished, the National Oil Spills Detection and...

Michael Simire - February 3, 2023

Disaster Risk Management

Navy provides humanitarian services to flood victims in Rivers, Bayelsa

The Nigerian Navy says it is providing security and ferrying stranded commutters across the flooded East-West Road linking Port Harcourt in Rivers State and...

Michael Simire - October 23, 2022

Pollution

Fertiliser producer indicates non-involvement in Rivers soot emission

As the Rivers State Government battles soot emission in Port Harcourt and parts of the state, Indorama Nigeria, producers of polymer and urea fertiliser,...

Michael Simire - January 31, 2022

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Dikio backs war against illegal refineries in Niger Delta

The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), says he supports the war against illegal refineries across the...

Michael Simire - January 16, 2022

Waste Management

Pandemic: Rivers private waste management outfit sacks 60% of workers

A waste management expert in Rivers State, Mr Benson Abu, says his company has laid off 60 per cent of its workers due to...

Michael Simire - February 4, 2021

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Gas pipeline explosion rocks Rivers community

There was panic in Oduoha community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, following an early morning pipeline explosion on Wednesday, January 6,...

Michael Simire - January 7, 2021

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MOSOP accuses unnamed security forces of disrupting Ogoni Day Celebration in Rivers

The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) says it is saddened that some unnamed security operatives disrupted its annual Ogoni Day Celebration...

Michael Simire - January 5, 2021

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