Clark Elder Statesman, Chief Edwin Clark has urged the Federal Government to take an urgent step toward rehabilitating roads in Niger Delta. Clark said this at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday. He said that the hope of addressing the decline in oil revenue accruing to the government...
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The Senate has mandated its Committees on Petroleum Resources, (Upstream, downstream,) Gas, Host communities and Niger Delta to conduct investigation on oil theft in the region. It specifically mandated the committees to investigate the actions of security forces, militia groups, local populace,all company employees, and any individuals or...
Seven communities at the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Estuary Area (EA) in Bayelsa, have insisted on their autonomy in development matters. The communities in Ekeremor Local Government Area (LGA) said they will continue to resist plans by SPDC to join them with five others in the Host Community...
Amnesty programme: The issues in appointing retired military officer as Chief Executive By LAW MEFOR
Amnesty programme: The issues in appointing retired military officer as Chief Executive By LAW MEFOR
Grave errors of judgment often occur by default, and so is the appointment of retired military officers to the role of Administrator/ Chief Executive of the Federal Government Amnesty Programme. There is a reason products of the military institution have registered underwhelming performance in sustainable transformational, socioeconomic development...
As hosts to the headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, the Rivers State Government has once again shown that it is accommodating and understanding by providing the necessary platforms for the development of the Niger Delta region. On September 7, 2023, when the Minister of Niger...
Stakeholders in the environment sector on Sunday in Abuja appealed for justice in Ogoniland to alleviate the plight of the people of the area. Mr Michael David, the Executive Secretary of Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP), an NGO said this at a workshop on Strengthening...
In an era where transformative narratives are yearned for, the Niger Delta emerges as a beacon of hope, showcasing what can be achieved when vision aligns with action. The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), under the forward-thinking leadership of Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, is setting an exemplary trajectory...
Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas on Thursday said that Nigeria lost N16.25 trillion to crude oil theft between 2009 and 2020. The speaker said this while inaugurating the ad hoc committee to investigate crude oil theft and loss of revenue in Abuja. He said the menace...
A Niger Delta leader, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, on Wednesday, said his group came out to show solidarity with President Bola Tinubu because the petitions against him were frivolous and lacked substance. Dokubo spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) outside the premises of the Appeal Court Headquarters,...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has threatened to revoke the licences of oil operators who failed to remit the three per cent statutory fees to oil communities before September ending. The NUPRC management on Friday said its attention had been drawn to the agitation by host...
The Nigerian Navy (NN) says the Merchant Vessel (MV) CECELIA arrested on Aug. 15 at Meco Jetty in Port Harcourt, was carrying illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO). The Director of Information, Nigerian Navy, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. ...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the air component of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) and Operation Hadin Kai carried out successful air interdiction missions on some illegal refining sites and terrorists hideouts in Niger Delta and North East regions. This is contained in a statement issued by the...
An oil theft situation assessment delegation deployed in the Niger Delta by President Bola Tinubu discovered an illegal oil connection on Saturday. From the illegal connection discovered at Owaza in Abia, Nigeria loses an average of 7.2 million dollars monthly, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. stated on...
By BARBARA KALU – The Federal Government has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), for developing a budgetary process that involves stakeholders in its efforts to develop the Niger Delta region. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Niger Delta Development, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, made the commendation while presenting a keynote...
The Nigerian Navy on Friday returned a merchant tanker vessel, MV TIS IV, and a Barge Podium held for complicity in oil theft to their owners in compliance with a court judgement. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the court had convicted the crew and ruled...
Ijaw Elders Forum (IEF), a coalition of Ijaw groups, has written to President Bola Tinubu to demand a review of procedures in disposal of vessels and trucks seized for complicity in oil theft. The letter, dated July 31 and sighted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday,...
Patriotism is a conscious sense of commitment to the true self and love for a nation and its people. It is a firm conviction to defend the country’s economy, politics and developmental values which function as the strong guard of willingness to make a country grow as a developing...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) has destroyed boats laden with stolen crude oil as part of efforts to thwart oil theft in the Niger Delta region. NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, stated...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to protect oil facilities in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) on Sunday absolved the impounded vessel, MT Praisel, of involvement in oil theft and cleared her to continue its operations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the clearance...