Niger Delta

The Nigerian Institute of Management, NIM, (Chartered) Yenagoa Chapter organise  a maiden quiz competition and career day for secondary schools in Bayelsa State , urging young minds to pursue their chosen careers based on interest, passion and love and not by compulsion. ‎ ‎The maiden inter-secondary schools quiz competition organized …

Emma Sunday Rear Admiral Ebiobowei Zipele has officially taken over as the new Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) the Naval Training Command (NAVTRAC) of the Nigerian Navy. Zipele took over from Rear Admiral Robert Obeya, who bowed out following a major shake up in the Navy that saw the redeployment of …

Emma Sunday The FirstBank of Nigeria, as part of it’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), has in partnership with Olyrose Care Foundation empowered over 100 women from the South South region. The women who were trained in various vocational skills were presented with business equipments such as; sewing machines, cooking items (pots, …

  Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) says it has expanded its operations ‘pro bono’ to include all oil and gas facilities in close proximity to the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP).   The company whose primary area of operations is on the Eastern Corridor of the Trans Niger Pipeline said they …

…Vows no resumption of oil production in Ogoni ‎ ‎Niger Delta Environmental Rights Defender, Celestine Akpobari has claimed that the Ogoni ethnic nationality in Rivers State has over the years been subjected to political marginalization in the leadership of the state. ‎ ‎ ‎Akpobari who spoke to newsmen at the …

By: Amos Odeh, Yenagoa ‎ ‎ ‎Local Government Chairmen of Bayelsa state under the auspices of  Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), have backed the decision of the governor, Senator Douye Diri to resign from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). ‎ ‎The association made the statement at a press …

…Reaffirms Ban on Brotherhood Election ‎ ‎ ‎The Bayelsa State Government has said its ban on the election of officers to pilot the affairs of Ogbia Brotherhood, an umbrella socio-cultural organization of the Ogbia people in the state, was informed by a compelling need to forestall the breakdown of law …

  By Our Reporter   As the Federal Government continues plans to resume oil exploration in Ogoniland, the Ogoni Central Indigenous Authority (OCIA), has vowed to resist the move. ‎The group during its provincial awareness tour in Kpite,Tai local government area on Saturday displayed placards with inscriptions ‘Stop oil resumption …

By Emma Sunday The 6 Division, Nigerian Army has arrested a 36-year-old gunrunner, Peter Onyeali Chibueze,  with 15 Italian-made sophisticated rifles in Rivers State. Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, Acting Deputy Director of the 6 Division’s Public Relations, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday. According to …

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, and other prominent personalities in the Niger Delta have said the life of the late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha symbolised the principles of federalism, resource control, justice and environmental rights.   They said Alamieyeseigha, who was …