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By Paul Williams Despite calls for environmental justice for oil-bearing and impacted communities in Nigeria and the Niger Delta, these communities continue to endure oil spills, gas flaring, polluted water, and land degradation. The National Civil Society Coalition for Oil, Gas and Mining Host Communities on Saturday warned of worsening …

By Paul Williams Chairman, Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Onne Seaport Chapter, Chief Ifeanyi Isikaku, has described the unprecedented N77.3 billion Customs revenue haul at Onne Port in April 2026 as an indication of economic growth in Nigeria’s eastern maritime region. He spoke on Tuesday when members of …

By Paul Williams NLNG’s shipping subsidiary, Bonny Gas Transport Limited (BGT), has awarded contracts to build three new LNG vessels as part of a fleet renewal programme. The contracts were signed with Hudong-Zhongua Shipbuilding (Group) Co. Limited and China Shipbuilding Trading Co. Limited. The gas company said in a release …

  By Paul Williams   Investors in Rivers State have set their eyes on Africa’s $3 trillion market, in a bid to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). This was as the Siminalayi Fubara-led administration has expressed commitment to “re-industrializing the state” …

    By Our Reporter ‎ Ken Robinson, former spokesman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has said that for things to work again in Nigeria, leaders of the country must change their attitude and approach to governance. ‎ He made this known at the launch his book titled …

    By Ehichioya Ezomon   The sustained omission of the name of Vice President Kashim Shettima from political messaging of the All Progressives Congress (APC), especially in his North-East homestead, has meshed with the adage, “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.” This popular saying, …

    By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa    Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited, PINL, the private security company (PSC) in charge of surveillance of the Eastern Corridor of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) has pledged to allign its operations with the Federal Government’s vision of attaining 2.5 million barrels per day crude …

Governor of Bayelsa State, Sen. Douye Diri has welcomed 2026 Batch A, Stream 1 NYSC corps members, to the State, cautioning the corps members against acts with negative consequences and bad life styles. ‎ ‎The Corps members are made up of 681 Female and 555 Male ‎ ‎Gov. Diri, represented …

Osun State Governor, His Excellency, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, has emerged winner of multiple honours at the Annual Global Awards 2025 (South-West Region), clinching the title of Best Governor across five critical sectors of governance. ‎ ‎Governor Adeleke was adjudged the overall winner in the categories of Infrastructure, Agriculture, …

  … Assures Deltans of Safer Roads, State-wide Development By Young Erhiurhoro, Ughelli   Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, on Monday, flagged off the construction of the N59.7 billion Agbor/Uromi Junction Flyover in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area. At the epochal event of groundbreaking for the …