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Another oil spill has occurred from a facility operated by Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Bayelsa. According to sources, the incident happened Saturday, on Agip's Ogboinbiri Well 7, in Southern Ijaw local government area as crude continues to flood communities. Read also: Just In! [Video] Massive Spill In Bayelsa: Crude From Agip Facility Floods…
December 14, 2020
Decries Deliberate Killing of Tagged Animals From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta Correspondent) Amid drama, a migrant bird purported to have flown from Finland has been killed by an animal hunter in Delta, triggering reactions among conservationists in the country. It became clear that the large bird -- of Osprey specie -- was migrating,…
November 27, 2020
From Ameachi Prosper(The New Diplomat's Delta state correspondent) Delta State Government has imposed curfew in Ika North East LGA, following attempt by some youths of the area to burn down traditional Ruler's palaces and other public facilities over Yellow Fever outbreak in the area. It was gathered that the state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa approved…
November 23, 2020
By Shakirudeen Bankole Environmental rights' activists have gathered in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to pay tributes to one of their own, the Niger Delta pen advocate, Ken Saro-Wiwa, twenty five years after his gruesome death alongside eight other Ogoni leaders. The 25th Memorial Environmental Summit, held at the Visa Karena Hotel, Thursday, once again revisited…
November 14, 2020
25 years after their gruesome execution, a group, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari's government to exonerate Ken Saro-Wiwa and the eight Ogoni activists killed in 1995 by the Nigerian state of all the murder charges brought against them. The group who noted that the nine Ogoni environmental…
November 9, 2020
From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta Correspondent) The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has flagged-off the Community-Based Disaster Risk Resolution Plan (CBDRR plan) in Delta. The Director General, NOSDRA, Mr Idris Musa, performed the function at a One-Day Stakeholders Forum, with the theme, "the Danger of Oil Pipeline Vandalism and the…
October 16, 2020
As Global Climate Justice Coalition Releases Liability “Roadmap” Hundreds of civil society groups in Africa joined their counterparts across the globe, Tuesday to demand that their governments hold Big Polluters liable for the harms of their extractive activities on man and the environment. The 'Global Make Big Polluters Pay' campaign was first launched in September 2019…
September 15, 2020
A foremost scholar, first Urhobo Professor of Pharmacy, and global specialist in the field of Pharmacology, David Tinakpoevwan Okpako has passed away, triggering a wave of tributes. Okpako, Nigeria's eminent academic, premier pharmacologist of international repute who hailed from Owhahwa in Ughievwen Kingdom of (Delta Central Senatorial zone) Urhobo nation, was reported to have died…
September 11, 2020
By Philip Jakpor & Helen Neima Mass mobilizations and marches happening across the globe makes these times very interesting. From the United States, to Europe, Asia and Africa people are saying enough is enough and demanding an end to global systemic injustice. Ironically, these marches are happening at that time of the year when ideally,…
August 19, 2020
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Another oil spill has occurred from a facility operated by Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Bayelsa. According to sources, the incident happened Saturday, on Agip's Ogboinbiri Well 7, in Southern Ijaw local government area as crude continues to flood communities. Read also: Just In! [Video] Massive Spill In Bayelsa: Crude From Agip Facility Floods…
December 14, 2020
Decries Deliberate Killing of Tagged Animals From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta Correspondent) Amid drama, a migrant bird purported to have flown from Finland has been killed by an animal hunter in Delta, triggering reactions among conservationists in the country. It became clear that the large bird -- of Osprey specie -- was migrating,…
November 27, 2020
From Ameachi Prosper(The New Diplomat's Delta state correspondent) Delta State Government has imposed curfew in Ika North East LGA, following attempt by some youths of the area to burn down traditional Ruler's palaces and other public facilities over Yellow Fever outbreak in the area. It was gathered that the state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa approved…
November 23, 2020
By Shakirudeen Bankole Environmental rights' activists have gathered in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to pay tributes to one of their own, the Niger Delta pen advocate, Ken Saro-Wiwa, twenty five years after his gruesome death alongside eight other Ogoni leaders. The 25th Memorial Environmental Summit, held at the Visa Karena Hotel, Thursday, once again revisited…
November 14, 2020
25 years after their gruesome execution, a group, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari's government to exonerate Ken Saro-Wiwa and the eight Ogoni activists killed in 1995 by the Nigerian state of all the murder charges brought against them. The group who noted that the nine Ogoni environmental…
November 9, 2020
From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta Correspondent) The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has flagged-off the Community-Based Disaster Risk Resolution Plan (CBDRR plan) in Delta. The Director General, NOSDRA, Mr Idris Musa, performed the function at a One-Day Stakeholders Forum, with the theme, "the Danger of Oil Pipeline Vandalism and the…
October 16, 2020
As Global Climate Justice Coalition Releases Liability “Roadmap” Hundreds of civil society groups in Africa joined their counterparts across the globe, Tuesday to demand that their governments hold Big Polluters liable for the harms of their extractive activities on man and the environment. The 'Global Make Big Polluters Pay' campaign was first launched in September 2019…
September 15, 2020
A foremost scholar, first Urhobo Professor of Pharmacy, and global specialist in the field of Pharmacology, David Tinakpoevwan Okpako has passed away, triggering a wave of tributes. Okpako, Nigeria's eminent academic, premier pharmacologist of international repute who hailed from Owhahwa in Ughievwen Kingdom of (Delta Central Senatorial zone) Urhobo nation, was reported to have died…
September 11, 2020
By Philip Jakpor & Helen Neima Mass mobilizations and marches happening across the globe makes these times very interesting. From the United States, to Europe, Asia and Africa people are saying enough is enough and demanding an end to global systemic injustice. Ironically, these marches are happening at that time of the year when ideally,…
August 19, 2020
