Day: May 17, 2026

Stakeholders across the Niger Delta have demanded an immediate audit and cleanup of abandoned oil wells, warning that leaking and undecommissioned infrastructure continues to threaten lives, ecosystems and public health decades after operations ceased. The call was made in a communiqué issued at the end of the 5th Niger Delta Alternatives Convergence in Uyo.

Niger Delta demands abandoned oil wells cleanup

Rugwosu May 17, 2026 0

Stakeholders across the Niger Delta have demanded an immediate audit and cleanup of abandoned oil wells, warning that leaking and...

CSOs seek NUPRC split for host communities

Rugwosu May 17, 2026 0

Civil society organisations in Akwa Ibom State have called for the unbundling of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission to...

Rivers PRP aspirant backs Baba-Ahmed, slams government

Rugwosu May 17, 2026 0

Nature Dumale, governorship aspirant of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Rivers State, has called on party members nationwide to...

Ganagana’s landslide sparks hope in Bomadi/Patani

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Nathan Tamarapreye Dr Tonye Timi, Executive Director of Corporate Services at the South South Development Commission (SSDC), has commended constituents...

Boro Day: MOSIEND demands justice for Niger Delta

Rugwosu May 17, 2026 0

Nathan Tamarapreye The Movement for the Survival of the Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has called for...

EMR urges Eno to create blue economy ministry

Regulatory vacuum threatens A’Ibom’s maritime economy

Rugwosu May 17, 2026 0

Etim Ekpimah More than 6,208 maritime service companies operating along Akwa Ibom’s coastline are reportedly functioning without a centralised state...