A Bayelsa State High Court on Thursday struck out 12 suits on alleged breach of contract filed by surveillance contractors engaged at the Nembe Creek oilfields in Bayelsa by Aiteo Eastern Exploration Limited. The surveillance contractors, who are members of the oil firm’s host communities at Opu-Nembe, had dragged the …
Read More »Bayelsa Community Laments 3-Month Conoil Spill, as ‘Govt, NOSDRA Keep Silent’
Over three months after an oil spill that occurred from a facility operated by the Consolidated Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited (Conoil) in Sangana community in Akassa Kingdom, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, the multinational oil giant is yet to respond to the incident, as the Bayelsa State …
Read More »N’Delta Fishermen Urge FG to Avert Lockdown, Prevail on SPDC to Pay Bonga Spill Fine
Artisanal Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN) on Friday urged the Federal Government to leverage on its successes in containing the COVID-19 pandemic to avert another lockdown in the new year. They equally appealed to the government to prevail on Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) to pay the $3.6 …
Read More »Bayelsa Airport: Govt Intensifies Efforts to Begin Commercial Flights Next Month
Bayelsa State Government says it is making last ditch efforts to acquire the operational license for the commencement of commercial flights by the end of January next year. The state deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, disclosed this on Wednesday during a meeting with the airport management and service providers in …
Read More »FTAN Emphasizes Private, Public Sector Cooperation on Tourism Devt
The Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) has emphasized the necessity of effective cooperation between the public and private sectors in tourism development and promotion, adding that the time is ripe for representatives of both public and private sectors to consider cooperation as a necessary step towards the quick …
Read More »Stakeholders Decry Insecurity, Corruption as Challenges Facing Export
By John Amaowoh, Port Harcourt Stakeholder’s in Nigeria’s export business have identified escalating insecurity, corruption and others as major challenges facing the non-oil sector of the nation`s economy. The stakeholders at a one day round table forum for Cassava and Palm Producers in Non Oil Sector in Rivers State, organized …
Read More »NLNG Set to Upscale Bonny to Major Investment Destination
By Joel Anekwe The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas NLNG has declared its resolve to achieve its dream of up-scaling the prominence of Bonny, and helping to make it a major investment destination. The company made the declaration at the weekend during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Bonny …
Read More »Akwa Ibom Urges Collaboration in Production, Sale of Gas, Mulls Summit
The Akwa Ibom State ministry of Environment and Petroleum Resources has reiterated the need to evolve policy aimed at enhancing effective collaboration in controlling the production, distribution and sale of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) Speaking to newsmen on the sidelines of the three day National Council on Hydrocarbon in Yenagoa, …
Read More »Stakeholders Urge Review of NCDMB Act to Accommodate Host Communities
Stakeholders in the Niger Delta region have called for the amendment of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act to include a local benefit plan for host communities. The call was made during the annual public lecture of the Federated Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, …
Read More »Aiteo’s OML 29 Suit: Court Awaits Appeal Court Ruling on Joinders
A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Wednesday adjourned to February 25, 2021 to await the ruling of the Court of Appeal on an interlocutory appeal by an Aiteo subsidiary in a suit with its host communities in Bayelsa State. Justice Abimbola Awogboro had on March 3, 2020 declined …
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