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(Nigeria) Following a recent ruptured pipelines belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, relief materials worth several millions of naira have been donated to the affected host community in Otu-Jeremi town in Ughelli, Delta State.

From left: Sole Administrator of Rivers State Waste Management Agency, RIWAMA, Mr  Felix Obuah, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and  Deputy Governor Ipalibo Harry Banigo,  during an interactive meeting with service providers  of  RIWAMA on Monday  at the Government House, Port Harcourt. (Nigeria) Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said  that his administration was committed  to returning Port Harcourt to its Garden City status.

(Nigeria) Eghoro Community Trust Committee, host to OML 40 Gbetieokun Field in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, has issued a 21-day ultimatum to Elcrest Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd., to address major issues of inhuman treatment, exploitation and oppression of host community or face a total shut down of their operations.

*Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu at one of the spill sites in Bayelsa State (Nigeria) The effort to internationalise the campaign against environmental injustice in Bayelsa State has caught the attention of the United Kingdom Parliament with the Africa All Parliamentary Group, AAPPG, holding a session to discuss the impact of oil spills in the state.

*Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state (Nigeria) Rivers State Government has stated that it will not participate in the Federal Government's Ruga settlements for  herdsmen.

(Nigeria) Following a recent fire outbreak at a flow-station in Ikpalakpalabou, Opuekeba Oil Field, Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, the state government and management of Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL,  have given relief materials worth millions of naira to the people of Tsekelewu/Polobubor, Opuama and other neighbouring communities to mitigate their sufferings.

(Nigeria) The people of Beneku in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State have decried the damage of their means of livelihood through alleged willful and malicious flushing of toxic oil waste into their arable lands, portable waters, ponds and lakes by Sterling Oil Production Company, an Indian oil production company harbourng a flow station in the community.

(Nigeria) A rights organisation, Human Rights and Empowerment Project Ltd/GTE, HREP, has advised the Lagos State Government not contemplate a monthly environmental exercise that will envisage the restriction of movement, as the Court of Appeal had held that the state government has no power to restrict the movement of Nigeria constitutionally guaranteed under Section 41(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.

*Governor  Nyesom Wike of Rivers State during project inspection on Wednesday.             (Nigeria) Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike on Wednesday inspected ongoing projects  in Port and Obio/Akpor  Local Government Areas of the state.

(Nigeria) Scores of protesters from various Ijaw communities in Delta State on Monday, locked out workers of Heritage Energy Company in Edjeba, Warri over insensitivity to their plight.

(Nigeria) President  Muhammadu Buhari  has been urged not to approve the renewal of Oil Mining Lease OML42 to Neconde Engery Limited, over alleged neglect of the host communities.

*Dr. John Sentamu, Arch-Bishop of York (Nigeria)  Chairman of Bayelsa State Environmental Degradation Commission and Arch-Bishop of York, Dr. John Tucker Sentamu on Sunday raised the alarm over  environmental terrorism and genocide facing the state.

(Nigeria) Niger Delta Civil Society Coalition, NDCSC, has expressed concerned over the unending reckless statements, credited to a splinter group of the Movement for the Survival of  Ogoni People, MOSOP, which it said was aimed at obfuscating  the gains of  the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP, and indeed, the integrity of the membership of its policy making organs, the Governing Council and Board of Trustees; with a view to blackmailing it.

*Sunny Onuesoke (Nigeria) Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has condemned the deplorable condition of East-West Road, saying that the Federal Government should live up to its responsibility by fixing the road and beef up security on the road.

*Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State (Nigeria) Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and Governor-elect, on Thursday held a town hall meeting with relevant stakeholders aimed at finding lasting solutions to the problems hindering the regular supply of water to the homes and establishments in the state.

*Fegalo Nsuke (Nigeria) President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke, has said that the plan to deploy the military to Ogoniland may be to have them on ground ahead of the forthcoming election and not in respect of the Ogoni cleanup exercise.

Steering committee meeting of MOSOP presided over by the president, Fegalo Nsuke at the MOSOP head office in Bori on Saturday. President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke, has charged Ogonis to be prepared to save the Ogoni nation, saying that the  Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project,  HYPREP, clean-up of Ogoniland was a scam.

(Nigeria) HRM, Godspower Oporomo, Taraeza 1,Pere of Kerebiri-Mein  has called on his subjects to be decisive in the forthcoming elections and vote out oppressive government that does not mean well to the kingdom.

Fegalo Nsuke, MOSOP President (Nigeria) President of Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke has rekindled hope for a free Ogoni in Nigeria.

*Mr Fegalo Nsuke (Nigeria) Newly elected president of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke has pledged strong commitment to self determination and freedom for the Ogoni people in Nigeria.