Some ex-militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta had protested the suspension of the Special Adviser to the President on the Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo. The...
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta has confirmed the death of no fewer than 4 soldiers in an ambush by unknown gunmen...
As different regions of the country set up local security outfits and other planning to do so, the Ijaw Elders’ Forum (IEF) has called for the...
Sixteen years ago, precisely on Friday, December 3, 2004, at the Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, I listened with real curiosity to the current Cordinator,...
THE Re-formed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) and a coalition of nine militant groups that ceased hostilities in 2016 have asked the Federal Government to disregard the...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it has inaugurated a 50-member committee to audit and document projects and contracts awarded in nine Niger Delta states....
A former governor of Kogi State, Clarence Olufemi, on Saturday described President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise that he would not stay in office beyond 2023 as a...
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) on Monday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of waging war against the oil-rich Niger Delta region. The Buhari’s administration, according to IYC,...
A few days after the United States Department of Justice indicted the Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, for money laundering and other allied...
The governor of Bayelsa, Seriake Dickson has lamented the activities of oil companies in the state, and the entire Niger Delta region. He described oil companies...
Nigeria Army on Friday said criminals in Niger Delta communities would be crushed without mercy with Exercise Crocodile Smile 4. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6...
Jones Abiri, a detained investigative journalist who is standing trial for alleged links to armed militancy in the Niger Delta, was on Friday released on bail....
The government of Akwa Ibom has described as a lie President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang’s claims on...
No fewer than 56 former Niger Delta militants have dragged the Federal Government to court over unpaid entitlements, which spans for a period of four years....
It is a time-honoured suggestion that during a period of rapid economic growth, nations, as well as corporate organizations, must continue investing even though it may...
The Akwa Ibom State government on Monday said it would no longer tolerate killer herdsmen in the state. This came as suspected herdsmen attacked some communities...
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Friday ordered immediate suspension of recruitments into Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This was announced in...
President Muhammadu Buhari, in the early hours of today (Tuesday), delivered an Independence Day speech to mark the 59th independence anniversary of the Federal Republic of...
It is a common knowledge that the Ijaw Youths Council recently issued a release which among other remarks stated that; if the government should reintroduce what...
Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Akwaga Enyia, has expressed the commission’s commitment to addressing the low rate of completion of its awarded...
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Saturday, hinted of plans by the Nigerian Government to set up industrial clusters in nine states...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele over some abandoned projects in the country. This...
The Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Monday, said that the Nigerian Government would embark on a review of all projects executed in the...
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has revealed the involvement of security agencies in oil theft in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The governor called...
The Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) has threatened to blow up oil installations in the region if the supervision of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC)...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a 16-man new board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), and has sacked the interim management of the commission. A...
The Federal Government has identified armed conflicts and militancy as the main factors that have held down the development of the oil rich Niger Delta. The...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Tuesday morning. 1. Buhari showed inclusiveness by giving Anambra 2 ministers, says Oshiomhole The National...
A coalition of civil society organisations based in the Niger Delta region has described as “an act of injustice” the appointment of only northerners as ministers...
Asari Dokubo, the ex-Niger Delta militant leader, has called on South-South and South-East indigenes living in the northern part of the country to return home over...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said the records of the commission and the activities of the Nelson Brambaifa-led management team are very open for...
Some youths in Delta State on Wednesday picketed the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) office in Warri, demanding the appointment of indigenes of the state as...
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has bemoaned the current state of things in the Nigerian oil rich region. The group which claimed that Nigeria is...
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has hailed the election of the senator representing Delta Central, Ovie Omo-Agege, as Deputy Senate President in the Ninth National Assembly....
I recall listening with real curiosity to Professor Anthony Akpoborie, a Geologist and Lecturer, speak passionately to underline his position and express the depth of his...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASAN) on Wednesday warned against attack on oil facilities in the Niger Delta region. The union,...
Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, former Governor of Rivers State and now the Minister of Transportation in the Buhari embattled administration, is a big man full of himself,...
As the date for Bayelsa State governorship election draws closer, Ijaw Elders Forum (IEF) and other stakeholders in the state have expressed worries over lawlessness and...
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Worldwide, have reminded the federal government of their demand for restructuring, true federalism, and resource control. IYC leader, Pereotubo Oweilaemi, made...
Five oil workers have been abducted by a group of gunmen, who invaded the Oil Mining Lease (OML) -55 operated by an indigenous oil company, Belemaoil...
The Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the ‘Rise for Bayelsa’ campaign launched against activities of international oil companies by Governor...
The police has exposed alleged plans by some people parading themselves as climate and environmental experts to carry out synchronized attacks on oil installations in Niger...
What have the Ijaws got to do with it? The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is not having the best of...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has described late President Umaru Yar’Adua as a futuristic and visionary leader who brought peace to the troubled Niger Delta region. Atiku...
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday, indicted state governors over the festering insecurity in parts of the...
The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari appoint a young person as the next substantive Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development...
Fresh scandal has hit the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). It has been alleged that Prof Charles Dokubo, coordinator of the programme, had masterminded the attack on...
Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Charles Dokubo, has charged Niger Delta youths to initiate developmental ideas to improve their lives and communities, stating that the Amnesty programme...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has submitted a bank account with which it claims former Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Executive Director of Projects,...
Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has justified the award of an N88 million contract to empower 22 Niger Delta youths in barbing and beauty salon business, stating...
