THE NATION The Federal Government has requested for a week break from discussion with organised labour to consult on the new petrol price increase. Group Manging Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, made the request at…
VANGUARD A new coalition of 36 militant groups, Continuous Emancipation of Niger Delta, CEND, which carried out attacks on gas and crude oil pipelines in Bayelsa State, in the last two weeks, Friday, listed six demands the Federal Government should…
PUNCH The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an application by an oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company, requesting a revisit of a January 11, 2019 judgment ordering it to pay N17bn to some Ogoni communities in Rivers State affected by…
THE GUARDIAN Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to heed agitations for restructuring and fiscal federalism and douse rising tensions in the country. Wike said stakeholders in the South-South and other geopolitical zones, who met Federal…
THE NATION A GROUP of former Niger Delta militants, the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA), has asked the region’s governors to explain what they did with over N50 trillion they got from the 13 per cent derivation funds. It faulted…
DAILY POST The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Mele Kyari, on Thursday, said the corporation deliberately shut down the nation’s refineries because they no longer make sense to be operated. The GMD disclosed this when…
THE GUARDIAN Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, yesterday, said huge investments in the construction of the East-West road might not yield lasting returns unless proper management structures are put in place to ensure that all parties play their…
THE NATION The hitherto volatile crude oil and gas-rich Niger Delta is now experiencing peace, which can only be sustained through the continuous engagement of the stakeholders and empowerment of the peace-loving people. Many oil companies operate in the nine…
POLITICS NIGERIA A former Nigerian Senator, Magnus Abe, has said that demands made by the South-South leaders are for a better Nigeria adding that the demands are not new. The Governors and leaders of the south-south region on Tuesday met…
DAILY TRUST The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday, said the country hopes to quickly exit recession and save her economy through rigorous implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP). Hajiya Ahmed said this…