Assumpta Ogbekile woke up that morning filled with great expectations for the day. It was a Saturday and she had made commitments to attend a friend’s wedding at Aggrey Road, Port Harcourt. After her normal chores, she bathed and dressed with care in the special colours of the day; her friend joined her and they both took a taxi to the now infamous Slaughter Roundabout at the Trans Amadi Industrial Area.

Yenagoa – “These grand/great grand fathers have sacrificed their retirement years for this struggle simply because our Nembe/Bayelsa/Niger Delta Senators, House of Representatives members, governors and ministers from 1999 till date, including the current ones, have failed woefully to do their work and ensure that their people get their deserved development projects.

Former chairman of Bayelsa State Electricity Board and ex aide to Governor Timipre Sylva, Chief George Fente has hailed the Acting President over his resolution to ensure that the vote of the people count in the 2011 general election.
According to him, such pronouncement will promote wide participation in the next electoral process in the country.

APOSTLE Zilly Aggrey is the Chairman, Rivers state chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria. In this interview with Jimitota Onoyume of Sweet crude on the occasion of his forty eight birthday anniversary he speaks extensively on the brutal killings of Christians in the north. Describing it as very painful and urges government to take steps to protect the lives of Christians in that part of the country.

Bayelsa State governor, Chief Timipre Sylva has announced the appointments of the Director-General of the State Tourism Bureau and Publicity, Mr. Nathan Egba and the Secretary of the State Capital City Development (CCDA), Mr. Ebiowei Doukpolagha as a replacement for the vacuum created by the exit of two commissioners from the state cabinet.

The Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has dismissed the fear of the people of Opolo community that it was planning to ignite a new gas flare furnace at Opolo in the outskirts of Yenagoa the Bayelsa State capital.

Public Relations Practitioners, especially those reporting events in the Niger Delta have been charged to eschew speculation and rather explore ways of ensuring that issues at stake are clearly articulated and simplified.

Yenagoa – Maritime workers in Bayelsa State have blamed the high cost of marine transportation in the state on the absence of NNPC mega floating in the waterways.

The business community from Finland has indicated interest to collaborate with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in the area of Engineering Construction will also involve ship building and repairs.

APM Terminals has won a US$120 million 25-year concession to operate the port of Monrovia, in Liberia.
Bidders were asked to revamp the Marginal Wharf, develop container and general cargo operations and take on responsibility for marine services at the capital’s port, which is in urgent need of modernization.

THE Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) collaboration with the Nigerian Navy has begun to yield result as relative peace and security has returned to the nation’s coastal waters.

For eight years Mr. Greg Ogbeifun, a master mariner battled to have vessel constructed and delivered after winning a five year contract from Total., despite the financial set back he suffered . In this interview with Godwin Oritse of Sweet crude he elucidates on the challenges he had to contend with from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) did not deter him.

PORT HARCOURT: Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) lost over $2 billion dollars in 2009 due to inadequate gas supply occasioned by security challenge in the Niger Delta region. Managing Director of NLNG, Mr Chima Ibeneche who spoke before the Special Adviser to the President on Petroleum, Dr Emmanuel Egboga in Bonny Island said the firm also operated at about 53% capacity as a result of the same issue.

ABUJA Nigeria solid mineral sector has attracted the attention of the world’s biggest Bank , becoming the toast of the Asian based conglomerate Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) – which is leading investors from Europe, Asia, North America the Middle East and some African countries to invest in Nigerian mining sector.

As the nation anticipate a better business environment in the aftermath of the global credit crunch, Ibrahim Boyi, the Managing Director of Eterna Plc, elaborates its  effects on the oil and gas industry and justifies the reason why his company opted for a three year bond from Daewoo Securities International. He spoke with Dotun Ibowoye. […]