RIPPLES NIGERIA According to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the nation’s spending on commodities: rice, wheat, fish and sugar reached N1.3 trillion in the last one year. Edward Lametek, the apex bank’s Deputy Governor, Corporate Services, made the revelation…
THE GUARDIAN Youth leader urges presidency to intervene in commission’s crisis Governors of the Niger Delta states and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have been charged to conduct an environmental audit of polluted sites in the region. An Ogoni…
THE GUARDIAN The crisis rocking the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over who should occupy which position in the running of the commission is fired by the selfish interest of each of the gladiators and not for the development of…
THE GUARDIAN Nigeria, which has pumped above its OPEC quota for months to the ire of other members, brought down its crude oil production in November, to fully comply with its cap, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre…
RIPPLES NIGERIA Given the lull and uncertainty in the global oil market at the moment, the World Bank Group has forecast the emergence of another recession in Nigeria. It said the country could enter recession if crude oil prices plunged…
SAHARA REPORTERS Members of the Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities on Monday staged a peaceful protest in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, to register their displeasure over poor welfare in the society in commemoration of the International Day for Persons…
THE GUARDIAN Inadequate perimeter fencing and attendant safety concerns were yesterday blamed for the current restrictions of commercial flight operations into the new Bayelsa airport in Bayelsa State. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said the N60 billion worth of…
VANGUARD NEWSPAPER VILLAGERS have cried out as rampaging seaside erosion threatens to cut off the Sagbama-Ekeremor Road, which links over 50 communities in West Senatorial district of Bayelsa State. The progressive wearing away caused by perennial flooding has seriously endangered…
THE LIBERATOR There seems to be trouble in OML 42, Odidi flow station in Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State over sharp disagreement between members of Odidi community and officials of Nigeria Petroleum Development…
PREMIUM TIMES The Bayelsa State House of Assembly, on Monday, passed the Legislative Fund Management Bill, 2019, which signals financial autonomy for the Assembly. The Speaker, Monday Obolo, while speaking during the emergency sitting of the Assembly in Yenagoa, said…