Nigeria Agip Oil Company(NAOC), an affiliate of the Italian oil giant, Eni, says it has discovered a significant quantity of gas and condensate in the Obiafu-Obrikom fields in Oil Mining Lease, (OML) 61, onshore Niger Delta.

Adds 1.0trn gas, 60m condensate to Nigeria’s reserves By Udeme Akpan Eni, an International Oil Company (IOC), has made a major gas and condensate find in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria. In a statement obtained by Vanguard, the company stated: “Eni, through its affiliate NAOC (Eni 20%, operator, NNPC 60%, Oando 20%) has made a […]

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Burarai has assured that the Nigerian Army is committed to ensuring a safe and secure environment for all oil companies to operate in the country.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Burarai, has assured that the Nigerian Army is  committed to ensuring safe and secure environment for all oil companies to operate in the country.

Indigenes of the oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta took their protest of the non-compliance of the Senate resolution by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC on payment of N6.9 billion to Niger Delta communities to Abuja Thursday. The protesters, who carried out their activities at the Unity Fountain, Abuja, threatened that they may resort to […]

Mr Festus Egwarewa Adeniyi Keyamo, SAN, was today sworn-in by President Muhammadu Buhari as the newly appointed Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs.

Activists in Delta State have accused security agencies of perpetrating environment crimes and breaching the laws of the country by burning recovered crude, local refineries, seized barges, forest and bushes, all of which wipe out the Niger Delta milieu, calling for prosecution of unruly security agents.

The Niger Delta became the boom camp of international oil companies by virtue of the Petroleum Act of 1969, Nigeria’s contribution to socialist ideology.

WARRI—THE Niger Delta Youth Movement (NDYM) has set up an interim management committee to pilot the affairs of the group pending when a fresh election will be conducted.

PORT HARCOURT: Women in Niger Delta region have tasked the Federal, State and Local Governments to be transparent in the implementation of budget and execution of projects.

The Bole Festival is currently the biggest food festival in the south attracting 8000+ lovers of food from all over Nigeria and the world for a one day event aimed at celebrating the rich heritage of the Niger delta through food with emphasis on the various creative ways people prepare Bole(roasted plantain)and roasted fish which happens to be the most popular street food in the area.

We are out of fishing business already. How we will get out of the challenge and replenish the rivers to return to the good old days of bumper harvest, only God knows

The future of the Niger Delta looks bleak. It is not hopeless because crude oil will soon become worthless. Crude oil lives on borrowed times. And those who have hung their faith on it will pay for not reading the times.

THE Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, led by South South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, took a swipe at the Federal Government following the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC wielding the big stick against the Daar Communication, owners of African Independent Television, AIT and Raypower Radio, suspending its Licence indefinitely.

The Nigerian political system is characterised by lack of mass participation, a mainly unaccountable leadership, violent elections lacking in credibility, and political parties that parade programmes without the input of those they want to govern.