Ekpan Community Accuses NNPCL/WRPC of Nepotism, Neglect of Host Communities

The Ekpan Community in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State has accused the management of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited(NNPCL) and Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited(WRPC) of deliberate policy of marginalizing host communities and ignoring federal government policies In an open letter to President Bola Tinubu signed by Chief Ikpesan M.O., Chairman and […]

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Uvwie Monarch Urges WRPC to Employ More Host Community Youths

The Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, HRM Emmanuel Ekemejewa Sideso, Abe 1, JP. OON has urged the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company(WRPC) to consider employing backup staff laid off a few years ago and more host community youths in order to sustain the peace in the communities Speaking in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Council(ULGC) yesterday, when […]

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WARRI REFINERY POLLUTION RAVAGES EKPAN, EFFURUN – 80 PERSONS ON ADMISSION FOR RESPIRATORY DISORDER – COMMUNITY LEADER

Indigenes of Ekpan and Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta state, have vowed to cripple the activities of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) and Nigerian Gas Company (NGC), both subsidiaries of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) over health hazards caused by air pollution. They have consequently demanded that the management of […]

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The Ubeji Soot: A violation of Human Right to life…. By Cadmus Atake Enade

Hearing about the word Soot one will think it is just a simple harmless smoke or dust particles which originated from a nearby bush fire or a local fire wood kitchen around the community, but no it’s more than what we think it is. Soot is particles of carbon produced from incomplete combustion of coal, […]

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