For the people of Ibeno, a rich oil-producing community in Akwa Ibom State, the blessing of having oil has turned into a curse following the environmental, economic, and health hazards caused by oil exploration and exploitation by oil companies.Activities of multinational oil companies operating in the area have led to oil spills and gas flaring, which have been hazardous to aquatic animals, plants, and humans.An oil spill is the release of liquid petroleum hydrocar...

As fuel scarcity and exorbitant prices start to dominate the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has today make known the official rate of the non-subsidized PMS.The new price range from 480-512 across the country.It will be recalled that the Tinubu-led Federal Government announced the removal of the fuel subsidy on Monday, a decision that has put the whole country in jeopardy. Naijacrawl can affirm that the price for PMS will fall when the newly co...

The Abia State government has placed a 106-year-old Akara seller, Ma Chidinma Eluwa, on a monthly stipend for her upkeep.The centenarian, who is popular at Owerri Road in the Isigate area of Umuahia, Abia State capital, is also to have her business boosted by the Abia State government.Mama Eluwa, who lost her husband some years ago, is also left with just one son still living.But the challenges of losing her family did not discourage her, as she has continued to fry...