A fresh oil spill has hit the Bodo community in the Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, destroying farmlands. It was learnt that the oil spillage occurred on Thursday from a pipeline belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company. This came barely two months after a similar incident occurred along the pipeline at different locations in the area. One of …

A crisis in the Egbema community, Emohua Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State has resulted in the death of one person, Innocent Didia, and the arrest of nine others. According to  Newsmen on Saturday, the incident occurred on Friday when youths protested against the Community Liaison Officer, leading to a confrontation with the local vigilante, Ogba–Egbema–Ndoni Local Government Council’s …

Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has donated food items valued at several millions of Naira to Soku, a riverine community in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, to cushion the effect of the cholera outbreak, it suffered months ago. The donation is in fulfilment of the promise made to the community by the State Representative on the Board of …