Niger Delta activist and prominent Ijaw chief, His Highness Anabs Sara-Igbe, has called on governors of South-South states in Nigeria to come clean and tell the public how they expended the 13 percent oil revenue over the years before demanding for an increase to 50 percent, noting that the region …
Read More »Niger Delta Demands ‘Right to Political, Economic Autonomy’
Ethnic Nationalities of the Niger Delta, led by Niger Delta Congress (NDC), have adopted a charter demanding that the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999) be amended to protect the right of the people of Niger Delta region to economic and political autonomy in the country. In the …
Read More »Shell Working to Make Nigeria Gas Hub – Igo Weli
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) says it is positioned to transform Nigeria into a gas hub within the Gulf of Guinea in line with the Energy Transition sweeping across the globe. The company said it has keyed into the nation’s Natural Gas Expansion Program …
Read More »Bayelsa Govt Directs Councils to Enact Bye-Laws on Waterways, Vigilantes
The Bayelsa State Government has directed local councils in the state to without delay come up with a legislation prohibiting the movement of speed boats within the state’s waterways beyond 7pm. Similarly, the state government has directed the legislative councils of the eight local government councils to enact bye-laws on …
Read More »NCDMB Replies HOSTCOM over ‘Incessant Protests at Local Content Tower’
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The leadership of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has said that it did not reach any agreement with any group of persons to train 1,000 youths in Bayelsa State. This is coming on the heels of sustained protests carried out at the Nigerian …
Read More »Unenurhie Women Beg Okowa for Completion of ‘Abandoned Cottage Hospital’
By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The women folk of Unenurhie community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State have sent a strong verbal message to the governor of the state, Sen. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, urging him to complete without further delay the abandoned cottage hospital in their community …
Read More »FG Sets Annual Recruitment Target in Move to Reform Police
By Joel Anekwe The Federal Government says it has set an annual recruitment target for the Nigeria Police, aimed at increasing the force both numerically and in terms of equipment. This is part of a recently initiated reform programme for the Nigeria Police Force to boost its services to Nigerians, …
Read More »Nat’l Assembly: Luke, Akpan lead Team Akwa Ibom at Midterm
Performances by Onofiok Luke and Bassey Akpan at the House of Representatives and Senate respectively gave a lift to bills sponsored by the Akwa Ibom State contingent at the 9th National Assembly. This is according to a midterm analysis, by legislature-focused media, OrderPaper, of the nature and quality of bills sponsored …
Read More »Obelle: 58 Years of Oiling Nigeria and Politics of Oil Revenue
By Tunde Uchegbuo Many oil bearing communities in the Niger Delta region lack necessary infrastructure in spite of several interventionist efforts to improve on the well-being of people in the region. My position is anchored on noticeable poor quality of life; high level of deprivation; and disparity in the standard …
Read More »Delta Assembly Passes Anti-Open Grazing Bill
The Delta State House of Assembly has passed the Prohibiting Open Grazing, Indiscriminate Breeding, Rearing and Marketing of Livestock in Delta State, otherwise known as Anti-Open Grazing bill. The bill was passed following a motion to that effect by the majority leader of the House, Hon Ferguson Onwo, and adopted …
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