Archives for June 5th, 2017

World Environment Day: Our Community Is At Verge of Extinction – Mulade

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**** NGO Urges NDDC to Complete Sandfilling Contract Awarded Since 2002 Oil rich Kokodiagbene Community,  Gbaramatu kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State on Monday raised an alarm that erosion was sacking their community. Consequently, they expressed fear that the community might soon be washed off and that there wont be anywhere known ...

World Environment  Day: Uvwie PSP President Appeals  To Okowa For Empowerment To Maintain Safe Environment 

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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State By Francis Sadhere THE President, Uvwie  Private Sector Participants  (PSP) in  Waste Management, Mr Lucky Adjekuko on Monday appealed to the  Governor of Delta State, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa to provide them with loan  facilities that will enable them acquire more trucks to maintain a safer environment for the people of ...

Shell celebrates World Environment Day

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From left: Vice President Shell Nigeria and Gabon, Peter Costello and Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), Bayo Ojulari, plant a tree at the Marina area of Lagos in commemoration of World Environment Day on June 5.

Delta Speaker, Oborevwori Congratulates Utuama At 70 

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Rt Hon. Sheriff Oborevwore, Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly. The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has congratulated former Deputy Governor of the State, Prof Amos  Agbe  Utuama (SAN) on his 70th birthday. The Speaker in a statement described the former Deputy Governor as a patriotic Nigerian, adding that ...

Northerners Are Planning To Frustrate Me Out Of Office – Osinbajo Raises Alarm

  Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has raised an alarm over an orchestrated plot by Northerners to frustrate him out of office, by raising baseless allegations against the appointments he has made so far. Osinbajo, through his Senior Special Assistant on Legal Matters, Dr Bilkisu Saidu, while speaking on “Shirin Safe”, a programme on the BBC Hausa service, ...

CNPP Backs Labour, Students, Vows to Resist Fuel Tax  

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The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has thrown its weight behind Nigeria’s organised labour over planned increment of prices of petroleum products, accusing the National Assembly of taking more anti-people decisions than resolutions that could better the lives of the already impoverished masses of Nigeria. “We assure the Senate and the federal government that their ...

World Environment Day 2017: Chevron’s commitment to connecting people to nature

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By Our Correspondent The World Environment Day (WED), held annually on June 5, is the biggest event to celebrate and promote environmental awareness and sustainability across the globe. Established by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 1972, WED aims to raise global awareness and mobilize humans to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet ...