DAILY POST The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) yesterday opened bids for the prequalification of contractors for the 2020 capital projects. Daily Trust reports that over 700 bidders are jostling for the 2020 capital projects of the corporation. Managing Director of…
THE NATION Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri says the state has put safety measures in place to check the spread of the COVID-19 preparatory to resumption of final year students on Wednesday. Diri announced this on Tuesday in Yenagoa, the…
THE CABLE The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that the beneficiaries of the commission’s scholarship be paid by the end of the week. Charles Odili, NDDC director of corporate affairs, broke the news after…
DAILY TRUST Elebele, a community in Bayelsa State, which links to Oloibiri and Otuoke, has been cut off since September last year when a bridge linking the oil-rich area with Yenagoa, the state capital collapsed. The collapse of the bridge…
RIPPLES NIGERIA Former Delta State governor, James Ibori has responded to the allegation of being among the beneficiaries of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) contracts. He was among those the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, purportedly listed…
PREMIUM TIMES The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court to order President Muhammadu to publish the details of loans taken by his administration since May 29, 2015. The group in a statement on Sunday…
DAILY TRUST A development expert, Architect Miebi Bribena, says the plan by the Bayelsa State government to relocate the gas pipelines around ever-busy Etegwe/Tombia roundabout would avert the risk of explosion. Bribena, while speaking to newsmen on Sunday in Yenagoa…
THE GUARDIAN As part of measures to ensure the protection of mangroves and oceans, the Federal Government has kick-started a National Mangrove Restoration Project that will deliver environmental and sustainable livelihood benefits for people in the Niger Delta region. Besides, it…
THE NATION Bashorun Askia Ogieh is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC). In this interview, he talks about the innovations his board introduced in the last one year to meet the development…
EAGLE ONLINE The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria has begun discussions with 12 host communities in Bayelsa State, which demanded upward review of development obligations. SPDC’s Media Relations Manager, Bamidele Odugbesan, gave the assurance in an interview with the…