PUNCH The Nkpolu Oroworukwo community in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State on Tuesday joined calls for International Oil Companies to relocate their headquarters to the Niger Delta region. The community, who embarked on a protest against…
THE GUARDIAN The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has threatened showdown with the Federal Government for cancelling Oil Prospecting Licences (OPL) 2001, 2002 and 2003 awarded to companies associated with Niger Delta indigenes despite a court order restraining it from doing…
VANGUARD NEWS BARRING any last minute intervention by the Bayelsa State and local government areas in the state, primary school teachers under the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, have resolved that they would be left with no other option than…
FACE TO FACE AFRICA Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and where one can find more Black people than in any other country on the planet, has a uniquely complicated colonial history. Archaeological findings pieced together show that by the 10th century AD,…
THE VANGUARD AS the dry season bites harder amidst migration of herders and their cattle to the southern parts of the country, Ijaw rights group, Ijaw Unity Watchdog, IUW, has warned armed Fulani herdsmen to stay away from the forest…
PUNCH NEWS The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday re-arraigned George Turnah, a former Special Adviser to Dan Abia, an erstwhile Managing Director of Niger Delta Commission. Also re-arraigned before Justice Mohammed Turaki…
VANGUARD NEWS Community leaders and other stakeholders across the three senatorial districts of Delta State have raised the alarm over the influx of herdsmen into the state, saying it was a huge threat to the security of the state. The…
SAHARA REPORTERS The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has waded into the employment scam rocking the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), calling for swift interventions. This is coming after a seven-day ultimatum issued by the Movement for the Emancipation of…
NAIRAMETRICS The Federal Government has refunded N27 billion to Bayelsa State as the money the State government spent on federal projects since 2005 to date. This was disclosed by the Bayelsa State government on Sunday, as it said the amount…
PUNCH The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party has defended the state Governor Nyesom Wike, for donating N500 million to Sokoto State on behalf of the people of the state. The money was donated to Sokoto State to…