The Senate has endorsed the N48billion oil pipeline surveillance contract by the Federal Government to Mr Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, a former Niger Delta militant leader. Sen.Albert Akpan, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream) said this on Tuesday in Abuja, when he spoke with newsmen shortly after presenting...
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The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says his government will further re-activate the multi-billion dollars Gas Revolution Industrial Park Project. Tinubu gave the assurance on Saturday at the APC rally held at the Warri Township Stadium, Delta. Addressing the mammoth crowd, Tinubu said: “Our...
Gong by information at the public domain, a Warri , Delta state based Newspaper, GbaramatuVoice, in furtherance of its Niger Delta Economic Discourse Series, will on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 by 10am, at the BON Hotel, Warri, Delta state, hold a focused group discussion that centers on two separate...
The Defence Headquarters said the troops of Operation Delta Safe and other subsidiary operations discovered and destroyed 44 illegal refining sites in the Niger Delta region in two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at a bid-weekly news briefing on the operations of...
The memory of the late Nigerian environmental activist, Ken Saro Wiwa, came alive again on Friday at COP27 in Egypt as Oilwatch group celebrated him, 27 years after his execution. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Oilwatch group include Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Nigeria;...
An energy consultant, Ademola Adigun, says fingerprinting Nigerian crude supported with international advocacy will permanently address frequent crude oil theft in the country. Adigun said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. According to him, fingerprinting is a process that gives...
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the structure and accountability of the Joint Venture (JV) businesses and production sharing contracts (PSCS) of the Nigerian Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has accused oil companies of tax evasion. Rep. Abubakar Fulata, the Chairman of the committee said this in Abuja on...
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva says Nigeria loses at least 700,000 barrels of crude oil to thieves daily. He made the assertion at the 2002 graduation of students of Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) Effurun, Delta on Saturday. The minister who was represented by Ambassador Gabriel...
It is a well established axiom that leadership thrives where leaders demonstrate in right proportions a mixture of sympathy and empathy. While sympathy helps a leader understand how his followers feel, empathy on its part assists such leaders feel the way followers feel, enters into their lives and participates...
There are recorded events in the recent past that have proved beyond reasonable doubt that the nation Nigeria may not need gun boats to solve its problems particularly, in the oil rich Niger Delta region, notorious for crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism. Essentially, evidence has emerged and points...
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has resumed export operations at the Forcados Oil Export Terminal, where repair works on the pipeline has been going for some days. The SPDC’s Media Relations Manager, Mrs Abimbola Essien-Nelson, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. NAN...
For the bleeding economy to resurrect, there must be a battle for a man who has proven moral and sacred emblem of integrity, selflessness, true to self, focus and determination without fear of the unknown bullets of tomorrow. Yes, someone must be an example for others to follow. The...
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), has declared force majeure on products supplied from its production facilities on Bonny Island in Rivers. Mr Andy Odeh, NLNG’s General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development said this in a statement in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
About 58 illegal oil points have been discovered so far since the operation to end oil theft on the waterways of Delta and Bayelsa states began Ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo also known as Tompolo, said this in a press briefing at Oporoza on Sunday where he also gave an...
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that he will address three major requests tabled by Gov. Duoye Diri of Bayelsa, with “promptness and immediacy.” Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman, in a statement in Abuja, said the president made the pledge while responding to an address by the governor during...
The Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) is soon to commence rehabilitation of its pipelines in readiness for resumption of production. Mr Sheik Mohammed, the Executive Director, Project, PHRC, made the disclosure on Wednesday during the inauguration of Ekerekana 140 Market Stalls in Okrika Community, constructed by the company. Mohammed,...
The Federal Government has announced the arrest of 210 suspects in its efforts to combat crude oil theft in the Niger Delta. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the figure on Friday in Port-Harcourt after undertaking an aerial assessment of some hotspots along the Right...
The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) says the gas leak on its facility in Bayelsa has been brought under control. This is contained in statement by a Spokesman of the company, Domenica Spina. The company stated that the line had been depressurised and iwas currently being repaired. Agip said...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Petroleum products valued at approximately N537,090,102.12 have been seized from oil thieves by troops of Operation DELTA SAFE, who discovered and destroyed several illegal refining sites in the conduct of Operation OCTOPUS GRIP. The discoveries were recorded between 8 and 22 September 2022 as...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has has reacted to the gas leak incident on the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company’s (NPDC), Well 6, in Sangama community, Bonny LGA of Rivers State. The incident which was reportedly observed on September 3, 2022 at about...