DAILY POST Fire on Sunday afternoon razed down a section of Igbudu market in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. Properties including a building allegedly worth several millions of naira were destroyed in the inferno. The cause of…
VANGUARD There was outrage in Niger-Delta, weekend, over leaked information that the Committee set up by the Federal Government to appraise the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, for ex-agitators in the region had supposedly recommended that the programme be terminated this…
THE NATION The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) at the weekend said angry youths shut down a major power facility, the Afam Power Station, in Rivers State. The Acting Manager, Corporate Communications, PHEDC, Mrs. Chioma Aninwe, said the angry…
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE The Director-General, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Dr. Muda Yusuf, speaks with AKIN ADEWAKUN on the state of the nation’s economy, the various efforts of the federal government to breathe life into it, and why the…
THE SUN A Prominent leader of thought in the Niger Delta region, and President-General of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), Dr. Moses Taiga, has dismissed hope of a positive outcome of the ongoing probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by…
NATIONAL ACCORD For a long time now, oil spill response and prevention have been one of the major concerns of oil companies, stakeholders, regulatory agencies and governments. This is as a result of the fact that oil spillage causes significant…
VANGUARD NEWS Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, on Friday, said his administration was ready to make Delta a smart state in terms of ICT and called on private entrepreneurs to support this drive in the development of ICT. Governor…
THIS DAY Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday, charged the leadership of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) to partner with governors and stakeholders in the South-South to fast-track transformation of the region, especially in peace and development. Okowa made…
THE GUARDIAN Ex-militant group in the Niger Delta has thrown their weight behind the leader of Pan Ñiger Delta Elders Forum (PANDEF) and the resolution of the United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy (UNDEDSS), over the need to act…
THIS DAY Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has called on oil companies benefiting from its resources to relocate their headquarters to the state. The governor, who allayed fears of insecurity, which had been the narrative of the oil companies,…