…by the search and rescue team comprising community leaders, divers, local vigilantes and fishermen.” It further stated that the bodies were deposited at a morgue in Port Harcourt after formal identification by their relatives at the Abonnema Divisional Police Headquarters. The statement said the people of the area had…

…in Igbokoda on Monday morning, October 5, 2026. It was the kind of quiet rain that makes fishermen stay indoors and mothers keep their children close.Then the sky screamed. Residents did not first see the aircraft, with tail number NGR 931, carrying 32 people, comprising 25 passengers and seven crew members, on a routi…

…weeks ago, then tragedy struck; may God console his young wife.” Across Igbokoda, local fishermen recovered personal belongings, clothes and a tail fin from the swamp. The discoveries added to the distress surrounding the crash, as families continued to await the recovery of their loved ones. The aircraft crashed at ab…

…what had happened, whether it actually fell in there or not,” he said. He said two fishermen who were in the area escaped unhurt and helped residents locate the crash site. “And one or two persons who were fishing there were luckily not touched, they were the ones who directed people to the exact location,” he said. Ac…

…Isheri as well. Oil pollution has destroyed our rivers. Our people were traditionally fishermen and farmers, but those livelihoods have been severely disrupted. Fishes are no longer abundant, the water is polluted and many residents have been forced to seek other means of survival. What makes Isheri unique? Economicall…

Two fishermen missing as boat capsizes in Bayelsa Two fishermen have gone missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Opu-Okumbiri community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Residents of the community identified the missing fishermen as Elder Sunday Sample Timothy and his assistant, Mr Avarada. A…

…crisis had also triggered migration from oil-producing communities, while farmers and fishermen continued to lose their traditional livelihoods. Beyond health impacts, Kientei argued that host communities had received little benefit from decades of oil production despite bearing the environmental burden. “If there is o…

Increasing numbers of fishermen from coastal communities of Cross River State are expressing anger that many of them no longer have access to local rivers where they normally eke out their living. The fishermen lamented that they are usually blocked by armed Fulani men, including other foreigners who have allegedly bou…

…an engine boat. A 19-year-old lady, Chinaza, is still missing just as divers and local fishermen are searching the NPA river for her body. According to eyewitness, the incident occurred when the canoe collided with another wooden engine boat mid-stream with several passengers onboard at the time of the accident. Chinaz…

…around the answer. Shinkei makes a refrigerator-sized robot called Poseidon that fishermen install on their boats. The machine scans each fish with computer vision, identifies the species, and locates the brain. It then pierces the brain and severs the gills, so the fish dies before it can thrash or suffocate. It may n…

…his son Tom Jr admitted failing to provide adequate food and rest to five Ghanaian fishermen while he was a skipper at TN Trawlers.It comes after a three-year investigation by the BBC into claims of mistreatment of migrant fishermen by the firm over a decade.COPFSAmissah was employed on the Sea Lady - a scallop vessel…