Timipre Silva
23 Nov
Chief Timipre Silva, Minister of Petroleum Resources, says one of the key mandates of the ministry is to grow oil reserves from the current 37 billion barrels to 40 billion barrels by 2025.
15 Jun 2020
Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has warned investors against participating in the bid for 57 marginal oil fields in their region. "We are aware that the announced bidding process is just another means to enrich the elites of the major ethnic groups of this country at our expense, since very few Niger Deltans can be said…
5 Mar 2020
Coalition for Transparency and Democratic Leadership has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe the alleged $30million used by the All Progressive Congress (APC) during the 2019 Bayelsa gubernatorial election. The executive director of the coalition, Kingsley Eluma, who addressed journalists in Abuja during a protest, said the group was protesting…
23 Jun 2018
The Bayelsa State Government has debunked claim by the All Progressives Congress led by Chief Timipre Silva that the government has sacked 28,000 workers as a fallout of the on-going reforms.