The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday said there is a prevalence of adulterated Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), otherwise called diesel, across the country. Raising an alarm over the development, the state oil firm, which also imports and retails the…
THE SUN The National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, has said that the Fulani herdsmen don’t need anybody’s approval or permission to occupy any land in any part of the country. He said the group’s own security…
THE GUARDIAN Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has lamented what he described as the deliberate despoliation of the Niger Delta environment by oil companies operating in the region. Governor Diri, who expressed displeasure over the decade-long environmental injustice in…
THE NATION At least one person was killed and another injured in a communal clash between Akenfa and Agudama-Epie in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. In the melee that ensued Friday, a 38-year-old Emomotimi Warri, an Ijaw man…
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 328 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 11,844. The NCDC made the announcement on Friday night via its Twitter…
Three persons, Dougbra Ogbe, Emmanuel Gladstone, Bere Matthew, have been sentenced to death by hanging by a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt for the murder of ex-Niger Delta agitator, Soboma George and a groundnut seller, Joy John-Ejims.…
By Owei Lakemfa THE last of five Iranian ships carrying petroleum products to Venezuela berthed safely this week after repeated United States, US, threats to militarily stop them. The first ship, Fortune, had arrived on Saturday, May 23, escorted by Venezuelan…
Brass, the host community of one of Nigeria’s crude oil export terminals, has asked Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to carry out the cleaning of the community in order to restore the damages that the 48 years old operation of…
Companies, including their promoters, indebted to the Federal Government will not be allowed to participate in the newly launched bid round for marginal oilfields, the Department of Petroleum Resources has said. The DPR, in a document obtained by correspondent, said…
THE NATION THERE was a mild drama on Thursday at the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja when a petitioner suddenly changed its mind after sighting the state’s Deputy Governor Lawrence Oborawharievwo Ewhrudjakpo, whom he requested for to…