Tag Archives: Timipre Sylva

… As Diri Urges NAOC, Other Multinationals to Relocate to N’Delta By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday commissioned the headquarters building of the Nigeria Content, Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, and a 10 megawatts power plant the board built in partnership with the Nigerian Agip oil company, …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The member representing Ogbia federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Fred Obua, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the construction of the Oloibiri Oil and Gas Museum and Research Centre, 64 years after the discovery of crude oil in commercial quantities in the town.  The project …

… Inaugurates Project Committees By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa   Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has on Tuesday inaugurated two committees and five project teams for the Oloibiri Museum and Research centre which will be situated in Oloibiri, Bayelsa State. The virtual ceremony was anchored by Engr Simbi Wabote, …

… Tasks Oil Coys to Support Peace Talks By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, says the Federal Government has perfected arrangements to commence discussions with oil communities in the state who had threatened shutdown of oil operations to press home demands for marginal …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) says it has not abandoned construction of the 200 bed capacity Emergency/Infectious Diseases hospital aimed at strengthening the fight against COVID-19. The NNPC-Agip Joint Venture, on May 2, 2020 initiated the construction of a 200-bed capacity infectious diseases hospital for the …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa As part its quest to deepen local content and boost job creation, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Friday signed equity investment agreements with two companies, Duport Midstream Company, for the establishment of an Energy Park in Egbokor, Edo State, and Eraskon Nigeria …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has urged the people of the state and the Ijaw nation to support the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, and the executive secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Simbi Wabote. Diri called …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The management of the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has denied reports alleging that the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, had demanded the sum of $20 million from its executive secretary, Engr. Simbi Wabote, “to fund re-run elections in Bayelsa State. …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa  The Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko Delta State, has refuted media reports that the immediate past vice chancellor, Professor Ongoebi Etebu, was sacked because of alleged diversion of funds and embezzlement, noting that her five-year tenure expired on May 25, 2020. The university also made clarification that …

Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Saturday, commended the Federal Government and the drive by the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) and its joint venture partners to combat COVID-19, through the consolidation and improvement of medical facilities. Diri gave the commendation at the groundbreaking ceremony of a 200-bed medical …