Nigeria’s oil-heartland and ecological frontier
Global mapping shows arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi link to plant roots and store hundreds of megatons of carbon, revealing their critical role in the Earth’s carbon cycle and the sensitivity of these underground networks to land use.
At least several people are missing after night-time siphoning of refined fuel at Okari Jetty, Okrika. Police confirm deaths and ongoing investigations; victims inhaled toxic fumes from a hidden tapping point. Oil theft remains a persistent security and environmental issue in Rivers State.