September 30, 2026

Niger Delta

Navy intercepts vessel siphoning crude oil, nabs 17 crew members Nigeria Navy

Navy intercepts vessel siphoning crude oil, nabs 17 crew members

Bode December 8, 2023
  By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja –   The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB), IGBOKODA, in Ondo State, in the early hours of Thursday arrested a 77-meter-long Motor Tanker (MT) VINNALARIS 1 LAGOS involved in crude oil theft. This Director of Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, disclosed this in...
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Troops destroy 51 illegal refining sites, recover stolen crude oil – DHQ image32

Troops destroy 51 illegal refining sites, recover stolen crude oil – DHQ

Bode December 1, 2023
  The Defence Headquarters on Friday said troops of Operation Delta Safe have destroyed 51 illegal oil refining sites and recovered stolen crude oil and refined products in the Niger Delta in the last one week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, disclosed in a statement...
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Senate frowns at non-remittance of funds owed NDDC by IOCs

Senate frowns at non-remittance of funds owed NDDC by IOCs

Bode December 1, 2023
  Senate Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Thursday in Abuja frowned at non-remittance of funds owed the Commission by International Oil Companies (IOCs). Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Asuquo Ekpenyong (APC-Cross River South Senatorial District) expressed the reservation at an interactive session with the management of...
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Oil theft: Private security operators save Nigeria $43.2m daily Crude oil pipeline in Niger Delta

Oil theft: Private security operators save Nigeria $43.2m daily

Bode November 30, 2023
  Tantita Security Services Nigeria Ltd., a private security contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd., has said its activities in combating crude oil theft have saved Nigeria over $43.2 million daily. The Executive Director, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Ltd., Capt. Warredi Enisuoh, said this at the...
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NOSDRA deploys aircraft, 5 vessels to contain spill at TotalEnergies Egina field Oil spil Total energy rig

NOSDRA deploys aircraft, 5 vessels to contain spill at TotalEnergies Egina field

Bode November 26, 2023
    The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has deployed an aircraft and five vessels to contain the oil leakage from Egina facility operated by TotalEnergies. According to the spills agency, the response aircraft and vessels were used to apply dispersants on the oil leak that...
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NDDC foreign scholarship: Boosting Human Capacity for Niger Delta By IFEATU AGBU  NDDC

NDDC foreign scholarship: Boosting Human Capacity for Niger Delta By IFEATU AGBU 

Bode November 15, 2023
    Over the years, scholars have advanced the idea that Human Capacity Building feeds the complex web where education, innovation, growth and employment are interlinked. For an interventionist agency such as the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, there is a tendency to focus more on infrastructural development. However,...
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N/Delta leaders satisfied with Ogbuku’s leadership in NDDC – Obianime NDDC

N/Delta leaders satisfied with Ogbuku’s leadership in NDDC – Obianime

Bode November 11, 2023
  Former President of Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof. Atuboyedia Obianime, has said leaders of the Niger Delta region are satisfied with the leadership style of the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku. Obianime disclosed this in Yenagoa on Friday while speaking to...
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Troops neutralize 113 terrorists, arrest 300 others, foil N571m theft of  oil in Niger Delta images.jpeg 2 0

Troops neutralize 113 terrorists, arrest 300 others, foil N571m theft of  oil in Niger Delta

Bode November 9, 2023
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja   The ongoing military operations by the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) across the country have continued to yield appreciable results with the elimination of 113 terrorists and arrest of 300 other criminal elements in the last two weeks.   Troops of the AFN also...
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Niger Delta will witness monumental development under Tinubu – Shettima Shettima visit Bayelsa APC

Niger Delta will witness monumental development under Tinubu – Shettima

Bode November 9, 2023
  Vice President Kashim Shettima has reiterated President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to the overall development of the Niger Delta and other parts of the country. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, said this in a statement on...
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NDDC: Senate Committee vows to ensure International Oil Companies pay contributions Senate

NDDC: Senate Committee vows to ensure International Oil Companies pay contributions

Bode November 5, 2023
  The Senate Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), says it will ensure International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in the country, pay their contributions to the coffers of the commission. Sen. Ned Nwoko, (PDP-Delta North), and member Senate Committee on NDDC, made the disclosure while speaking with the...
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Senate resolute in addressing flooding, gas flaring — Ned Nwoko Ned Nwoko

Senate resolute in addressing flooding, gas flaring — Ned Nwoko

Bode November 5, 2023
  Sen. Ned Nwoko, (PDP-Delta), and Senate Vice Chairman on Environment, has disclosed that the Senate was resolute in addressing environmental degradation in the country. Nwoko, representing Delta North Senatorial District, disclosed this on Sunday to l the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Abuja. He noted that the major...
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