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23 Mar
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said the vision of President Bola Tinubu is to create an enabling environment where businesses can thrive through streamlining regulations, investment incentives, provision of infrastructure, and robust policies aimed at fostering economic stability and prosperity.
12 Feb
Poised to mitigate violence in the Niger Delta region, the European Union (EU), yesterday, rolled out plans to invest in 24 communities of 12 local councils in Delta State.
10 Feb
A US-based researcher, Dr. Olarotimi Daniel Ogungbemi, has disclosed that the Niger Delta region's situation significantly influenced his research interest in environmental and ecological advocacy. Ogungbemi, a Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and an Urban Bird Project Scholar, said this recently. He said: "Growing up in the Niger Delta, a region…
31 Dec
Within a week, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has revealed 322 crude oil theft incidences were recorded in the Niger Delta region.
11 Dec
The Federal Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) project has injected about $20 million into the rural economy of six states in the Niger Delta region.
5 Dec
It took many years of militantism for an intervention agency called Oil Mineral Producing Area Development Commission (OMPADEC), to be set up to deal with the intractable problem of the oil producing Niger Delta region.
14 Nov
.Says Nigeria not serious about climate change mitigation Executive Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Dr. Nnimmo Bassey, has harped on the need to build people’s power and resilience in challenging environmental exploitative systems in the Niger Delta region. In his address at the spec School of Ecology in Port Harcourt, the environmentalist emphasised…
11 Nov
Nigeria’s crude oil production, which has remained dismal in recent times, may face shutdown as oil communities in the Niger Delta region, yesterday, vowed to halt oil operations within the region over the three per cent benefit transfer fund in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). In a statement signed by community leaders across Bayelsa, including,…
16 Jun 2023
Stakeholders in the South-South region of Nigeria have hailed the emergence of former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, as new President of Senate, describing it as a sign of equity.
10 Jun 2023
Traditional rulers, under the aegis of Notable Royal Fathers in Niger Delta Region, yesterday, raised the alarm over an alleged move by a few individuals to fraudulently kill the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP).

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The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says they are collaborating on checkmating the glamourization of crimes in Nigerian films and other video works.
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The High Court in Abuja has dismissed the charges of fraud, bribery, and conspiracy filed against a former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In his ruling, Justice Abubakar Kutigi said the EFCC failed to prove its charges of fraud, bribery, and money laundering. He eventually ruled…
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Chinese consumer tech giant Xiaomi will launch its first-ever EV at a press conference in Beijing Thursday, injecting itself into a fiercely competitive sector in the world's largest car market.
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Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, who pioneered theories in behavioural economics that heavily influenced the discipline, has died at age 90, his employer confirmed Wednesday.
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the All-commodity group import index on average increased by 0.79 per cent in Q4 2023.
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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) said it discovered a deceptive claim about the weight of a bag of rice at the Garki Modern Market in Abuja. Ag. Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of FCCPC, Dr. Adamu Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday after the Commission conducted a targeted enforcement operation…