The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, and other security and intelligence chiefs say they have devised strategies to combat crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta. Musa disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a press briefing shortly after a closed door meeting...
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The Federal Government has launched an investigation into the complaints of land-grabbing by oil producing communities in Bayelsa against some International Oil Companies (IOCs). The Ministry of Petroleum Resources disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday, adding that the companies involved are the Nigerian Agip...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed the commitment of his administration to correct the years of neglect of the Niger Delta region through the Renewed Hope Agenda. Speaking at the Niger Delta Stakeholders Summit 2024 held in Port Harcourt, the President, who was represented by the...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has announced ongoing plans to establish a dedicated Directorate within the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), on Niger Delta security. Ribadu made this known in his keynote address at a Stakeholders Summit organised by the Niger Delta Development...
The Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has said the commission is waiting for the allocation of its 2024 budget to initiate big ticket projects across nine states. He said that the NDDC states are Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo,...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has called for responsible management of funds allocated to host Communities Development Trusts (HCDT) in the Niger Delta. The governor spoke on Tuesday at an event to unveil three additional HDCTs by The Shell Petroleum Development Company of...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt- The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has commenced a partnership with communities in the Niger Delta region to empower 4,500 rice and cassava farmers to ensure food security in the region and country at large. Speaking during the onboarding Programme for the empowerment of the...
Stakeholders in host communities have demanded that oil companies be compelled to address adverse health impact of oil exploration in the Niger-Delta. The stakeholders made their position known on Monday during a public presentation of the research report on the impact of oil extraction on women’s health in...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku has offered to partner the private sector in developing marine transportation across the Niger Delta region. He disclosed this at the Marina Resort in Calabar on Saturday during the grand...
Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, has said the Federal Government is set to seal a deal worth 20 billion dollars to boost oil and gas production in Nigeria. Lokpobiri said this on Thursday in Abuja when a delegation of Schlumberger (SLB) Ltd. led...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested nine suspected oil thieves at an illegal refinery in a forest boundary between Rivers and Abia. The NSCDC spokesman, Babawale Afolabi, confirmed this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. Afolabi said that...
The Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, on Thursday in a tribute to the late Ijaw hero, Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro, urged Niger Delta youths to shun violence. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribute came on the occasion of the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has said his administration is committed to unlocking the human and natural resource potential of Ogoniland, while ensuring the environmental and economic security of Nigerian communities. The President stated this on Wednesday at the State House during a meeting...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has said the International Oil Companies (lOCs), particularly Shell Petroleum Development Company, have been responsible for the environmental degradation in the state. Diri disclosed this at the Annual Convention and Fund Raising of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) of the Americas,...
Contrary to media reports that a vessel, MT Prestigious, v allegedly used for crude oil theft in the Niger Delta, which operatives of the Nigerian Navy recently took into custody, has not been released, PRNigeria has gathered. A group named the Niger Delta Renaissance Network had accused the...
A group, Concerned Ijaw Citizens, has urged President Bola Tinubu to ignore calls to revoke the oil pipelines surveillance contract awarded to Tantita Security Services Ltd ,an outfit owned by Mr Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo). The Coordinator of the group, Chief Manager Seigha, made the call in an...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Components of Operations Whirl Punch and Delta Safe on Saturday, knocked out terrorists’ hideouts in Niger and illegal oil refining sites in the Niger Delta. The Director Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a...
Some leaders in the Niger Delta say they have confidence in the capability of the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku to perform. The Convener of the Niger Delta Opinion Leaders, Youths and Weighted Stakeholders, Mr Freedom Atigbi, said this at a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has been commended for the remarkable improvements recorded under his leadership in the protection of lives and property in the Niger Delta and other regions of the Country. The commendation was made by Senator Biobarakuma W. Degi-Eremienyo...