PREMIUM TIMES The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, may have pushed for the removal of Joy Nunieh as the acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Mr Akpabio’s ministry supervises the NDDC. Sources close to…
RIPPLES NIGERIA The future does not belong to oil despite the fact that 90 per cent of Nigeria’s foreign exchange and 86 per cent of its total export earnings derive from oil. In its latest Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Annual Report, the…
THE GUARDIAN Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joi Nunieh, yesterday said the commission’s over N 2 trillion indebtedness to contractors and consultants had been considerably reduced. This is even as Concerned Citizens of Kula kingdom…
DAILY POST Niger Delta militants have vowed to resume their destructive activities in the region following the sack of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governor-elect in Bayelsa, David Lyon. The militants threatened that attacks on oil facilities will resume if…
PREMIUM TIMES No fewer than 1013 people were killed in at least 416 conflicts and violent attacks in the Niger Delta in 2019, a report shows. According to the Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) in its…
NIGERIAN NEWS DIRECT Troops of Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Delta Safe (ODS) have invaded Bilabiri community in Ekeremor Local Government Area, Bayelsa State burning some parts of the area. It was gathered that soldiers attacked the community on Friday…
THIS DAY The dust has not settled yet over the shocking judgement by the Supreme Court on the gubernatorial election in Bayelsa sacking the governor- elect David Lyon and his deputy Degi Biobarakuma a day to their inauguration. The court,…
SAHARA REPORTERS A Nigerian, Mr Kenneth Friday, who is based in the United States, has staged a solo protest in front of the White House in Washington DC by calling on President Donald Trump to place a visa ban on…
ENERGY MIX REPORT Group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari, said that by June, the oil industry would have a clear fiscal landscape for operators to be able to plan. Kyari made this known…
SAHARA REPORTERS Members of the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State have taken to the streets of Yenagoa, the state capital, to protest Thursday’s ruling by the Supreme Court in Abuja nullifying the victory of their candidate, David Lyon, during…
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