Niger Delta
13 Aug 2023
*Alleges Employment Of Over 80 Persons From Kogi Workers in the Presidential Amnesty Office have raised alarm over the deployment of indigenes of the Niger Delta from the Presidential Amnesty Office by the Interim Administrator, Maj Gen Barry Ndiomu (Retd). Some of the workers who spoke confidentially linked the current move to the alleged leakage…
9 Aug 2023
The Presidential Amnesty Program (PAP) has called on the security agencies to arrest those undermining the peace and stability in the Niger Delta region. The call was against the backdrop of efforts by some faceless groups to smear the image of the Interim Administrator of PAP, Major General Barry Ndomu (Rtd) through baseless allegations The…
3 Aug 2023
Military personnel have destroyed 36 illegal refining sites and arrested 22 suspected oil thieves in the Niger Delta. The Defence Headquarters spokesperson, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, confirmed this on Thursday in Abuja while issuing an update on the operations of the armed forces at a bi-weekly news briefing. Buba said that the troops of Operation…
2 Aug 2023
A coalition of groups from the Niger Delta region have enjoined the former Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike and other ministerial nominees from the region to fix the Portharcourt and Warri refineries and seaports. The group comprises the Niger Delta youths council worldwide ,The South South All progressives Congress (APC) youths vanguard and Coalition…
31 Jul 2023
...calls for declaration of environmental emergency in region Renowned Niger/Delta environmentalist, Dr Nnimmo Bassey has decried the wellbeing of those who depend on fisheries for food and nutritional security, saying it is 'clearly' at risk. Bassey, who is the Executive Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), lamented what he described as a dangerous…
24 Jul 2023
The zeal currently being displayed by Nigerian security agencies to stamp out the nefarious acts of stealing the country’s crude oil can hardly be faulted, considering the humongous public fund being lost daily on account of the theft.
15 Jul 2023
A GROUP of Niger Delta ex-militants have called for more meaningful development and socio-economic growth to sustain the prevailing peace in the region.
14 Jul 2023
Some stakeholders in the Niger Delta region, have said the quest by the Federal government to halt illegal oil activities in the region was achievable.
13 Jul 2023
Concerned by the devastating effects of gas flaring, environmental degradation and other effects of oil exploration in the Niger Delta, some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and environmental activists have demanded immediate action by the government and multinationals to curb climate change.
11 Jul 2023
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has announced plans to destroy the intercepted 800,000-litre capacity vessel with a cargo of stolen crude oil on board. The NNPCL spokesperson, Garba Deen Muhammad, said this on Monday night after confirming the interception of the vessel in a statement. "Following the receipt of credible intelligence, a Private…
3 Jul 2023
A coalition of Civil Society Organisation, under the aegis of Peoples Annual General Meeting (PAGM), have told the Pensions Board of the Church of England to pay Niger Delta indigenes before divesting from Shell Petroleum and other oil and gas companies that are showing insufficient interest to de-carbonise in line with the Paris Agreement.
3 Jul 2023
Board of Trustees and Management of Community Development Committees (CDCs) of Niger Delta Oil and Gas Producing Areas have commended President Bola Tinubu for retaining Dr. Samuel Ogbuku as the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), passing a vote of confidence on him for his leadership at the Commission.
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