Plans by the Nigerian government to clean up Ogoniland, acclaimed to be one of the country’s most polluted environments, may have received fresh impetus. This is...
LEADERS of Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, an umbrella body of traditional rulers, leaders and stakeholders of states of Niger Delta were in a dilemma, yesterday, over...
Militants in the Niger Delta, the oil rich region in Nigeria, has cancelled its ceasefire issued to the Federal Government and the Pan Niger Delta Elders...
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Nsima Ekere, yesterday said the commission...
A group of militants in the Niger Delta have revealed that ammunitions and political thugs have been mobilised to Rivers, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom States ahead...
Controversies surrounding the Malabu deal has continued to persist, as a new analysis by Global Witness has revealed that the deal involving Malabu Oil and Gas...
The immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has disclosed that over 30 per cent of farmland in the Niger Delta region has been...
A tacit endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision not to sign the troubled Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) appear came from some stakeholders in the Niger...
THE criminal but lucrative crude oil refinery business, which once dominated the mangrove swamp of the Niger Delta is gradually being decimated, following sustained raids on...
Militants in the Niger Delta have threatened to resume hostilities if the Federal Government fails to restructure the country. The militants, operating under the Coalition of...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has commended traditional rulers for the role they played in ending hostilities in the Niger Delta, as well as reining in the Indigenous...
Except the National Assembly include the payment of royalties to oil producing communities in Petroleum Host Communities Development Trust unrest in the Niger Delta will persist....
The immediate-past governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has proffered suggestions on how to attain some level of peace in the Niger Delta region of...
By Kingsley Kemepade… Life has been described as a rat race; a race for survival or pursuit of happiness in which only a few get close....
About four power generation plants that are capable of adding 1,262MW of electricity to the power grid are primed to commence operations in the next two...
Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, has been granted approval by the National Universities Commission (NUC) to commence undergraduate degree programmes effective from the 2017/2018 academic session....
From Ajansii Mgbo Some Niger Delta youth leaders have expressed disappointment with the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration over the manner it has handled the Ogoni clean-up exercise....
The Federal Government remains defiant in its decision to pursue the establishment of cattle colonies across the country in spite of the widespread criticism and pushback,...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and a coalition of Niger Delta groups have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to get funds from the same source it...
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Usani, has stated that the East- West road in the region was “designed to fail”, as he pushed back on...
Worried by the massive arms recovered in riverine communities of Ondo State, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday meet with nine governors of Niger Delta states...
The Nigerian Navy Friday said it destroyed over 1,000 illegal refineries and arrested several suspected oil thieves in the Niger Delta between January and September. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, officially presented the 2018 budget to both chambers of the National Assembly at a joint session. Buhari, who cashed in on...
Jerome-Mario Utomi… The sudden threat to resume hostilities in the Niger Delta region by Niger Delta Avengers should be to all a reality to worry about....
Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Office, says the Federal Government has fulfilled all its obligations to...
A coalition of Niger Delta groups under the aegis of Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA), has renewed its call on the federal, state governments and their...
The Senate, on Tuesday, summoned the Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to brief it in plenary on his Ministry’s mining roadmap and implementation framework....
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Friday in Asaba stated that without sustained peace in the Niger-Delta, the economic agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration will suffer significant...
There are strong indications that Nigeria’s oil output, and by extension the nation’s N7.44 trillion 2017 budget may be facing new threat as attacks on oil...
The United States’ import of Nigeria’s crude oil increased by 32.1 per cent to 52.36 million barrels in the first half of 2017 compared to the...
The rejection of the Chief Edwin Clark-led Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) from negotiating with the Federal Government on matters of concerns in the Niger Delta...
The federal government through the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has set the guidelines for the marginal oil field bid round scheduled to take place later...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Tuesday called on militants to stop attacking oil pipelines and instead join other stakeholders to fully maximize the oil while it still...
Foremost Niger-Delta leader, Edwin Clark, Tuesday vehemently condemned the Biafran agitation led by Nnamdi Kanu, stating that he lacked a proper grasp of the issues and...
The ongoing peace talks between the Federal Government, and elders of the Niger Delta communities may soon take another turn, as some militants have given new...
The Ijaw Youth Council has warned oil companies to comply with its ultimatum for them to relocate their headquarters to the Niger Delta region in 90...
Tension in Nigeria continues to mount as a fresh demand to split the country into five republics to be known as the United Republics of Nigeria...
The tension that enveloped Nigeria’s political space with a November 1 deadline issued the Federal Government by Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) to implement its 16-point agenda...
Following the alarm raised by Edwin Clark over a letter expressing unease and impatience with the Federal Government’s stated delay in facilitating engagement, NIGER DELTA Revolutionary...
The Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC) yesterday accused a northern ‘cabals’ in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari of frustrating efforts by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo...
Convener of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF and Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency,...
A fresh crisis seems to be brewing in the Niger Delta region following a clamour by the youths in the area over delay in payment of...
The final withdrawal of oil prospecting licences issued in 2001, 2002 and 2003 for the Utapate Field, 01, 03 and 05 in Delta State, believed to...
A new twist has been added to the suspended militant attacks on Nigeria’s oil facilities, resulting in the reported killing of no fewer than six soldiers...
Three states, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Rivers, have filed a N500 trillion law suit at the Supreme Court against the Federal Government challenging its negligence in...
Security operatives in Nigeria have destroyed more than 15 illegal refinery facilities used by some youths in the Niger Delta area for crude oil refinning. A...
Communities in the Niger Delta region have taken the lead in efforts to take advantage of the federal government’s plan to develop modular refineries. Already at...
The Senate, on Thursday, raised the alarm over growing tensions in the Niger Delta region, following the alleged refusal of the Federal Government, to offset five...
Some militant leaders in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region on Thursday gave new conditions for President Muhammadu Buhari to meet, in order to ensure total peace in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a set of directives which will enable the Federal Government accelerate the implementation of its new vision for the development of...