The National Assembly has been urged to amend the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) Act by increasing penalties for oil firms that default in cleaning up polluted environments.

Unscrupulous people, described as crude oil thieves have set fire on an oil pipeline, belonging to Italian oil giant Agip at Ubeta community in the Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers.

The growing rate of crude oil bunkering, especially in the Niger-Delta region may persist unless the Federal Government develops the political will and encourages legislative intervention, industry experts said in Abuja.

Experts have urged the Federal Government to recommendations of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report sequentially to achieve the Ogoni cleanup project.

I recall listening with real curiosity to Professor Anthony Akpoborie, a Geologist and Lecturer, speak passionately to underline his position...

No fewer than five suspected cultists have been killed in renewed cult clashes in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, in what observers described as a week of blood, violence, sorrow and tears. While the suspects beheaded two young men following a battle of supremacy between the Greenlanders and Debam, also known as Bobos, three other persons were…

Oil-ravaged communities in Bayelsa State have accused the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and another regulatory body, National...

Environmental stakeholders have blamed the unchecked rampant crude theft for the thriving of artisanal refinery activities...

Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) has asked the federal government to compensate the families of the 11 persons who died...

Increase in rent defaults by government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), have become a source of worry for many landlords...

Minister of the Environment, Suleiman Hassan Zarma, has expressed concerns over lack of funds to facilitate execution of intervention projects for diverse ecological habitats across the country. He stated this while presenting the 2019 Budget estimate before the House of Representatives Committee on Environment and Habitat in Abuja, saying additional funds would enable the ministry…

An oil company, Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCo), has said that it did not stop National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) from investigating...