Delta News Oil & Gas

Escravos Oil Threats: Okowa discloses talks had with FG over oil bearing communities

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Wednesday disclosed that the Federal Government and Delta State government had far-reaching discussions towards setting table

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Delta National News

Ilaje coastal communities ask Buhari not to politicize GRIP

The people of Ilaje, under the aegis of Concerned Ilaje Coastal Communities Trustees (CICCT) in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State,

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National News

CBN indicts NDDC over alleged reckless spending

The Central Bank of Nigeria and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation have indicted the Niger Delta Development Commission in the

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News Politics

APC will win Edo guber, Sylva assures

Former Bayelsa State governor and Minister of Petroleum, Timipre Sylva has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would retain its grip on

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National News

(BREAKING) Acting MD NDDC walks out on Reps probe panel

By Ebi Perekeme  Kemebradikumo Pondei, acting managing director of the the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has walked out on a house of

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News Politics Rivers

Former NDCC boss under house arrest allegedly rescued by Wike

Armed security operatives have surrounded the home of former managing director of the NDDC, Joy Nunieh, in Port Harcourt. Rivers State Governor, Mr

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Video

VIDEO: Governor Wike rescues Joi Nunieh from police siege

Armed security operatives have surrounded the home of former managing director of the NDDC, Joi Nunieh, in Port Harcourt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EURdlzG2Gmg&t=4s

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Education National News

Senate passes bill for Maritime University establishment

By Ebi Perekeme  The Senate on Wednesday, passed the bill for the establishment of Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko in Delta State. The bill

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National News

Jonathan appointed special envoy by ECOWAS

Former Nigeria President, Goodluck Jonathan, has been appointed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a special envoy to lead

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National News

PANDEF backs demands by Ijaw, Itsekiri, Urhobo oil communities

By Ebi Perekeme  PAN-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has supported the oil and gas producing communities in Itsekiri, Ijaw and Urhobo ethnic nationalities, Delta

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National News

FG to provide portable water in Ogoni

The Federal Government on Wednesday opened a fresh bid to select contractors to provide potable water in oil spill impacted Ogoni communities in

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Delta News Oil & Gas

Gbaramatu, Itsekiri threats to shutdown oil, gas operation: Okowa sues for peace

By Ebi Perekeme  Again, the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on the Gbaramatu Kingdom, Itsekiri and Urhobo bodies to embrace peaceful

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National News

N45.9bn Alleged Fraud: Court Discharges, Acquits Tompolo

Justice Ibrahim Buba of Federal High Court Lagos has discharged former Niger Delta Ex-Militant Leader, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly called Tompolo, over charges of

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Delta News

(BREAKING) IYC shortlists names of successful candidates to contest in 2020 election

By Ebi Perekeme  The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Election Committee, has released the final list of candidates eligible to participate in the forthcoming

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National Oil & Gas Politics

Supreme Court upheld Douye Diri election as Bayelsa governor

By Ebi Perekeme  Following an appeal filed by Mr. Timi Alaibe, the governorship aspirant for the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State, challenging

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National News

NDDC N70.4bn Scandal: Any person indicted must be brought to book – Reps

By Ebi Perekeme The House of Representatives on Monday vowed not to spear anyone indicted in the ongoing investigation into the N70.495 billion

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National News Oil & Gas

NNPC sacks 850 contract workers in refineries, allege stakeholders in oil & gas

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association said on Monday that the

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Delta News Politics

Dickson condemns those opposed to nomination of Akinkugbe

Seriake Dickson, former governor of Bayelsa state, has condemned those opposed to the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to nominate Nimi Akinkugbe as

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National News Oil & Gas

Buhari reconstitutes Board of NLNG since 2005

President Muhammadu Buhari, July 12, reconstituted the Board of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), for the first time since 2005, and

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Delta News

Gov. Okowa, wife, daughter test negative for COVID-19

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, his wife, Edith and daughter have tested negative to COVID-19. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Olisa

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Delta News

Foremost Ijaw Historian, Pa Okirika is dead

Foremost Ijaw historian and the Ama-okosuwei of Benikrukru community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Pa John A. Ogio Okirika has been confirmed dead. He died

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Environment National News

Buhari, save N’Delta from ecological disaster – SDN

An International Non Governmental Organisation, Stakeholders Democracy Network (SDN), has appealed to the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, to save the Niger Delta from

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National News

Electricity: PHEDC on fire as Bayelsa residents cry out for stable power

By Ebi Perekeme  Residents of Bayelsa state have called out the management of Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHEDC, to address the epileptic

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Opinion

Niger Delta lives matter

By Ken Ugbechie A friend recently asked me: Why are you so obsessed with issues of the Niger Delta? My retort was a

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Opinion

Niger Delta Affairs, corruption affairs?

By Emmanuel Onwubiko These days if you watch the global news as channels, the likelihood is very high that you would hear and

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National News

Akpabio exonerates self from accusation of highhandedness in NDDC

By Ebi Perekeme  The Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio yesterday said endemic corruption, lack of patriotism and the entrenched culture of

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National News Oil & Gas

Revised PIB to be transmitted to N’Assembly

The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, at the weekend disclosed that in the next two weeks, the ministry will transmit

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Delta News

NDDC: IYC accuses National Assembly

By Our Reporter  The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has accused the national assembly of “bullying” the Niger Delta Development Commission (NCDC). Frank Akiefa,

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National News

Reps investigating N70.495b supposedly paid by NDDC to contractors

By Our Reporter House of Representatives has launched a full-scale investigation into the N70.495 billion allegedly paid by Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)

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News

Ijaw traditional ruler rolls out educational plan for community youths

The traditional ruler of Peretorugbene community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa state, HRH Emomotimi Odikeme-Okere, has vowed to prioritize education for

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Delta News

Gbaramatu, Itsekiri communities threaten to disrupt $2.8bn AKK project

…Demand probe over deaths of fishes on waterways …Say, continuous negligence will lead to hostility in the region By Enaibo Asiayei & Ebi

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Delta News

FG: Ultimatum given by Gbaramatu Kingdom, long overdue – Bobo

High Chief Wellington Bobo the Oroupawei of Gbaramatu Kingdom yesterday declared that the ultimatum given by the Gbaramatu Kingdom is long overdue and

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National News

NDDC has failed N’ Delta – Akpabio

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Friday, said the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) had not made meaningful impact

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News Rivers

NDDC: Job opportunities as Niger Delta rice mill revived

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has given a boost to agriculture in the Niger Delta region by reviving its six tonnes per

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News Oil & Gas

Chevron affirms commitment to STEM education

As part of the efforts to promote quality science education in Nigeria and other parts of Africa, Chevron co-sponsored the inaugural edition of

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