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76 Oil Wells: “S/Court’s Verdict Capable of Causing Security Threat”

CALABAR - Mixed reactions have continued to trail the Supreme Court judgment which awarded the 76 disputed oil wells between Cross River and Akwa Ibom states to the latter just as the chairman of Bakassi Bakassi Local Government Area Dr. Ekpo Bassey has said that the judgment was capable of causing serious security threat to the nation’s coastal line. Deputy National Secretary of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla said that the state lost the oil wells in 2002 when the International Court of Justice, ICJ, sitting in the Hagues, Netherland ceded the oil-rich peninsula to the Republic of Cameroon, saying that without Bakassi the state could not be regarded as a littoral state. Obono-Obla said, “I had no doubt that the Supreme Court will not rule otherwise. We lost it in 2002 when the ICJ in its judgment held that Bakassi belong to Cameroon. Without Bakassi, Cross River State cannot be regarded as a littoral State. The elite of the State were too busy pand...

Oil Spill: 5 Kids Die of Alleged Pollution In Bayelsa

WARRI - No fewer than five children have been killed at Foutorugbene, 1, 2, 3 and Apodubigha communities in Ekeremor Local Government of Bayelsa state following an oil spill that allegedly polluted the river, which  is the source of  drinking water to  the people. Leaders of the Forutorugbene Federated Communities: Mr. Prey Warri, Emmanuel Jebbi and Samuel Jebbi, who addressed reporters in Warri, Tuesday, said pregnant women were having complicated delivery and ovulation discharge due to intake of the polluted water. They identified the five children as Arekekedomene Pigha, Blessing Facados, Adiborere Tabode, Premobeowei Debowei and Timiebi Peretu. According to them, the oil spill occurred on May 21 from the Benisede flowstation, operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC,  in Ekeremor local government area of Bayelsa state, but since then, the oil company has not carried out clean-up exercise. “Our fishing activities have been greatly affected...

FOOLISH FOR LOVE lets know your story.

There are many a story about bad girl hurting good man. But you hardly publish stories about a good girl getting hurt by a bad man. Here’s is a story to open your eyes to that: I used to be a good girl, but I was foolish too. I loved, and lost badly. My heat’s broken, so is my spirit. My name is Fon. I am a 19 year-old Thai girl. I attend one of the most recognized universities in Thailand. I come a from an upper-class family. I can speak English and Japanese fluently. My parents are very strict. They have never allowed me to have a boyfriend. They want me to finish my studies first. I have met many admirers at the university, but I was never the one for Thai men. Their sole intention is to sweet talk me into bed. I would never fall for that. One day, a foreign man added me on ICQ. He said he is 25 and that he lived and worked in Thailand. He surprised me because he was able to chat with me in Thai. He sounded very intelligent. He knew a lot about Thailand, and the world. ...