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Shell traces 90% of pipeline leaks to illegal activities, sabotage at Lagos workshop

…As Wike warns host communities over shutdown of oil exploration Foremost international oil company, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), has once again affirmed that 90 per cent of pipeline leaks are linked to illegal activities of locals in connivance with…

Wike, Korean investors reach deal on 10,000 hectares for commercial farming, jobs

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Saturday sealed a new mechanized agro farming deal in Rivers State that will seat on a 10,000 hectres of land with Korean Agro investors. In his remarks during a courtesy visit by the…

Can N20m for Ogoniland clean-up in 2018 budget amount to working hard by FG?

Further analysis of the recently presented 2018 Appropriation Act to the National Assembly has suggested that the federal government, like Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike puts it, is not serious with cleaning up of Ogoniland. This stemmed from the discovery…

Buhari-led administration foot-dragging Ogoniland cleanup—wike

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari administration of foot-dragging the cleanup of Ogoniland. In his remarks after the Senate Committee visit of the sites, he noted that failure by the Federal Government to commence the exercise,…

Airports, seaports in S’East, S’South officially neglected–SESSGF

The leadership of emerging strong bloc in the comity of governors’ groups in Nigeria, the South East-South South Governors Forum (SESSGF) has revealed that all the airports and seaports in the 11 members are neglected by the federal government and…