Introduction At the beginning of this month November 2021, President Buhari announced at that Nigeria has pledged to eliminate illegal gas flaring (which he said was Nigeria’s single greatest contribution to greenhouse emissions) by 2030. The President made the commitment at the UN Climate Change Conference Glasgow 2021 tagged...
Niger Delta
By EFFIONG BASSEY, Uyo – The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) has arrested 30 suspects with four wooden boats laden with 16,000 litres of illegally-refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) in Ibaka, Mbo LGA of Akwa Ibom, The Commanding Officer, FOB, Navy Capt. Mohammed Abu, revealed this to newsmen...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Presidential Amnesty Programme and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have resolved to work together in tackling pipeline insecurity, unemployment to ensure peace in the Niger Delta region. The agreement was reached when PAP’s Interim Administrator, Col. Milland Dikio (retd.) led a delegation...
Fishermen operating along the Santa Barbra River and Nembe creeks in Bayelsa on Wednesday lamented the adverse impact of the Nov. 5 oil leak from Aiteo’s oilfield in the area. The management of Aiteo, an indigenous oil firm which operates the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29, says the leak...
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has berated Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company over alleged poor response to the Nov. 5 spill from its oilfields in Nembe, Bayelsa. The group noted that it was wrong for Aiteo to attribute the wellhead leak within its oil bloc in the Nembe...
Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company says it is seeking foreign technical expertise to halt the ongoing oil leak at an oilfield it operates in Nembe, Bayelsa. It was learnt that the oil leak occurred on November 5, 2021. Aiteo, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Mathew Ndianabasi,...
The Bayelsa Government has expressed worry over Aiteo Production Company’s failure to plug the leaks at its oil field in Nembe, two weeks after the incident was reported. The government’s reaction is contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Mr Ayibaina...
A political support group, Niger Delta Coalition for Gov. Bello 2023 (NDCGB 2023), has urged the Kogi State governor, Yayaya Bello, to declare his interest to run for the presidency in 2023. In a statement issued, on Tuesday in Abuja, the President of NDCGB 2023, Comrade Sambo Temple, said...
Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO), operator of Oil Mining Lease (OML 29) has said the volume of oil leakage from its operations in Bayelsa was yet to be determined. The management of AEEPCO in a statement issued on Wednesday by its spokesperson, Mr Mathew Ndianabasi, confirmed that...