In recent times, precisely in the last one year, many events birthed in response to the various challenges plaguing the people of the Niger Delta region, and aimed at ensuring that the people of the region benefit maximally from their wealth, through promoting infrastructural developments, environmental remediation and local...
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OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Nigeria’s leading energy company, Shell, has reiterated its commitment to supporting efforts to help the country meet its lower carbon emission target. “Apart from this being the right thing to do, it is also good for our business in Nigeria,” Managing Director of Shell Nigeria...
BY EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General LEO Irabor, has solicited sustainable collaboration among all stakeholders in the value chain of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. CDS Irabor made this remark in Abuja on Friday during a meeting with the Governors of...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has charged traditional rulers in the state not to allow illegal oil bunkering and artisanal refinery activities in their domains. Governor Wike gave the charge when he presented Staff of Office and Certificates of Recognition to Chief Chidi Awuse, the Nne-Nwe-Eli Emohua XIII (OLO...
For the record and for posterity, it is imperative to state that oil found in the Niger Delta region belongs to the people of the area. It is not owned by Nigeria. God provided every habitat with natural resources, including agricultural crops for subsistence. Oil, among others, is one...
Each passing day brings to mind the fact that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state understands that globally, the credibility of a leader can only be established through action and not words- referring here are the kind of actions that distinguishes a leader who considers his people as foremost...
At Least 112 illegal refineries have been discovered in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Chairman of the council, Samuel Nwanosike told Channels Television that 99% of the discoveries were made in a particular community located along the OML 17 trunk lines. The discovery comes on the heels...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has ordered all the 23 Local Government Area Chairmen to hire bulldozers and destroy every identified illegal crude oil bunkering and artisanal refinery sites in the state. Wike gave the order on Wednesday in a statement issued to newsmen by Mr Kelvin Ebiri, his...
Yes, they are great politicians in Ijawland; many have groomed followers with the gospel of hatred, those who managed our poverty with one salary divided to seven. Those that only want to see you serve their children and take over from them while their servants service their grandchildren and...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has every reason to perform beyond expectation in 2022 as President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday inaugurated the Board of the newly incorporated NNPC. The inauguration which took place in Abuja was to ensure strict compliance with Corporate Governance principles that place premium...
Military troops of Operation Delta Safe have immobilised 145 illegal refining sites in the Niger Delta region between May 2021 and Jan. 6. Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this on Thursday in Abuja while giving an update on military operations in the region. Maj. Gen...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday denied allegation by Chief Edwin Clark, that he (Obasanjo) bore resentment against the people of the Niger Delta region. Obasanjo, in a letter addressed to Clark, a copy of which was made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, insisted that he had been an...
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Delta Safe have immobilised 14 illegal refining sites and recovered large quantity of stolen products in the Niger Delta region in the last two weeks. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this, while given update on military...
Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has condemned, in the strongest terms, what the group has defined as the recurring persecution and harassment of persons from the South-South Geopolitical Zone by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over alleged cases of corruption. PANDEF in a statement on Sunday by...
The Nov. 5 oil spill from a well operated by Aiteo in Nembe has spread to communities, fishing and farming settlements in Abureni clan in the Ogbia and the Abua/Odual Local Government Areas of Bayelsa and Rivers states respectively. The elders and leaders of Abureni Kingdom, led by the...
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday forwarded an executive Bill to the State House of Assembly for consideration of a law to provide for the forfeiture of property used for illegal storage of crude oil. The bill is contained in a letter read during plenary of...
Introduction At the beginning of this month November 2021, President Buhari announced at that Nigeria has pledged to eliminate illegal gas flaring (which he said was Nigeria’s single greatest contribution to greenhouse emissions) by 2030. The President made the commitment at the UN Climate Change Conference Glasgow 2021 tagged...
By EFFIONG BASSEY, Uyo – The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) has arrested 30 suspects with four wooden boats laden with 16,000 litres of illegally-refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) in Ibaka, Mbo LGA of Akwa Ibom, The Commanding Officer, FOB, Navy Capt. Mohammed Abu, revealed this to newsmen...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Presidential Amnesty Programme and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have resolved to work together in tackling pipeline insecurity, unemployment to ensure peace in the Niger Delta region. The agreement was reached when PAP’s Interim Administrator, Col. Milland Dikio (retd.) led a delegation...
Fishermen operating along the Santa Barbra River and Nembe creeks in Bayelsa on Wednesday lamented the adverse impact of the Nov. 5 oil leak from Aiteo’s oilfield in the area. The management of Aiteo, an indigenous oil firm which operates the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29, says the leak...