By Chris Ochayi Notwithstanding pockets of incidents of insecurity in the country, the Federal Government, has assured that it would continue to work hard towards ensuring the safety and peaceful atmosphere for International Oil Companies, IOCs, operating in the Niger Delta region. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who gave the assurance […]

By Chris Ochayi – Abuja As part of measures to support the security infrastructure to sustain peace and socio-economic development within the region, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has unveiled plans to establish “Special Operation Unit” of the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, for the region. Senator Akpabio, who made the disclosure […]

The United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy, UNDEDSS, on Tuesday, warned that it should not be dragged into any secession plan saying “when necessary, the Niger Delta will be free to decide if it wants to continue to be a part of Nigeria or not.”

How to turn artisanal refiners into strategic partners in the oil-producing areas, VP Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, says the integration of artisanal and modular refinery operators into mainstream oil and gas sector will promote the inclusion of more local content in the industry and advance the use of home-grown technology in the refining of […]

FORMER Federal Commissioner of Information and elder statesman, Senator Edwin Clark, yesterday, asked Governors of Niger-Delta states to disregard the tantrum of Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, MNDA, Senator Godswill Akpabio, but rather see President Muhammadu Buhari face to face in Aso Villa and explain why he should quickly inaugurate the Governing Board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

Britain’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that more than 40,000 people in the Niger Delta region can make pollution claims against Anglo-Dutch energy giant, Shell, in English courts. The ruling overturned a 2017 decision against the Ogale and Bille communities, who brought legal claims for clean-up and compensation following decades of repeated spills in the […]

…Don’t scrap NDDC, return it to presidency …Law establishing NDDC has no space for sole administrator By Levinus Nwabughiogu His Royal Majesty, King Monday Obukowho Whiskey is the Udurhe 1, the Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom, Delta State. He made a presentation to the House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee on Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB during the […]

An appeals court in the Netherlands on Friday ordered Royal Dutch Shell to pay compensation to Nigerian farmers over oil pollution in the Niger Delta. The court delivered its judgment at the end of a long-running civil case. The farmers were seeking financial compensation and a clean-up by Shell for pollution caused by pipelines leaking […]

A Delta State monarch from the Ijere Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, King Monday Obukowho Whiskey has lambasted those asking for the scrapping of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying they don’t exist in the coastal region.

The Interim President of the Isoko Development Union Youth Wing (IDU-YW), Hyacinth Ede Ewariezi, after an emergency executive meeting with officials of the body, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria, the Delta State Government, the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigerian Army and all relevant security agencies to immediately invite and investigate the threat to shut down oil and gas facilities “by some faceless and misguided elements that pose illegally as leaders of the now-disbanded Isoko National Youth Assembly (INYA)”.

By Emma Amaize NIGER-DELTA agitators have asked Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Col. Milland Dikio (retd.) and Interim Administrator, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr Effiong Akwa, to visit the ‘heart’ of the Niger-Delta struggle in Delta and Bayelsa States to see the wretched condition of the people […]

By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South, Sam Oyadongha, Jimitota Onoyume, Gabriel Enogholase, Festus Ahon, Egufe Yafugborhi,  Emmanuel Una, Ike Uchechukwu, Chioma  Onuegbu, Emem Idio, Perez Brisibe, Ozioruva Aliu and Paul Olayemi LATELY, there have been undercurrents from a number of  persons who feel Niger Delta militants have turned empty barrels, issuing threats all the time […]

SECRETAY-GENERAL, Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Mr Frank Pukon, yesterday, accused President Muhammadu Buhari administration of dividing Niger-Delta and bequeathing a strange legacy to oil-rich region.   

By Jerome-Mario Utomi TO buttress the imperatives of Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, practice to the nation, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, former Governor of Lagos State and now the Minister for Housing and Works while commissioning the Ajose Adeogun Street, a road executed by Zenith Bank limited, in September, 2008, remarked as follows: “We recognise that […]

By Ozioruva Aliu A former militant leader in Edo state, Ogidigba Godstime condemned the way and manner resources meant for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and other intervention agencies like the Presidential Amnesty and the Ministry of Niger Delta were being underutilised just as he accused the presidency of deliberately putting stooges at the […]