Senate probes N2.5 bn NDDC Water Hyacinth Project
The Senate says it is probing the award of Water Hyacinth Emergency and Desilting Contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2017 to 2019. Chairman Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Sen. Matthew Urhoghide made this known when the Director, Special Duties of the NDDC, Nosakhare Agbongiasede appeared before the committee in Abuja […]
$16b power probe: EFCC detains 4 over N50b cash payment
What happened to the $8.5 billion released by the Obasanjo government for the payment of compensation to host communities on which the ambitious multi-million power projects were to be sited?
Agip discovers 1trn cft of gas, 60m barrels of condensates in Niger Delta
Nigeria Agip Oil Company(NAOC), an affiliate of 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.
Agip discovers 1trn cft of gas, 60m barrels of condensates in Niger Delta
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.
BREAKING: Eni makes new gas, condensate find in 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 […]
Buratai assures oil companies of secure environment in Niger Delta
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.
Buratai assures oil companies of secure environment in Niger Delta
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.
N/Delta communities protest in Abuja over non-payment of N6.9bn rent by Shell
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 […]
Meet Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs
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.
Cries of environmental crimes rock Niger Delta
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: Death in their cheque books
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.
