PUNCH NEWS Residents of Industry and Harbor Road in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State are still in shock over an explosion that rocked the state-owned ailing ‘Flour Mill Company Limited’. The explosion which occurred on Friday…
THE GUARDIAN The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Obot Akpabio, has directed an immediate recall of all Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) staff sent on compulsory leave in April 2020 The Ministry’s Director of Press, Deworitshe Patricia, in…
THIS DAY Henry Nwawuba argues the need to reset the unacceptable narrative of the Niger Delta region. I was privileged to moderate a high-level virtual conference on the Niger Delta recently. It was a humbling and expository experience that has…
BUSINESS DAY The new Petroleum Industry Bill 2020 submitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari seeks to protect and hasten the development of host communities. A copy of the bill sighted by BusinessDay also seeks to scrap the Petroleum Equalisation…
THISDAY Henry Nwawuba argues the need to reset the unacceptable narrative of the Niger Delta region I was privileged to moderate a high-level virtual conference on the Niger Delta recently. It was a humbling and expository experience that has changed…
THE GUARDIAN The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have condemned plans by some members of the House of Representatives to reintroduce the National…
VANGUARD NEWS Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, says “laudable efforts by national and sub-national governments at diversifying Nigeria’s oil-based mono-product economy towards Agriculture, Science and Technology, Solid Minerals development and others, have been insignificant”. “Consequentially, Nigeria…
THE GUARDIAN Partner for Peace, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in the Niger Delta, has identified poverty, unemployment, and weak leadership, as the major causes of conflict in the region, saying that job creation and actionable policies by the government remains…
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