AFRICA MINING MARKET Nigeria’s state oil firm NNPC is in talks to raise around $1 billion in a prepayment with trading firms to refurbish its largest refining complex at Port Harcourt, seven sources familiar with the discussions said. If the…
THIS DAY Niger Delta states governors have been charged to establish a forum to checkmate insecurity and other vices in the region. The pioneer Director-General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Osaro Onaiwu, who gave the advice yesterday, told the…
THE PUNCH THE Pan Niger Delta Forum said on Tuesday that it would intervene in the disagreement among former militants of the Niger Delta, which led to the bombing of the house of their leader, Paul Ehis, also known as…
THE GUARDIAN Nine militant groups under the aegis of Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) have backed out of the ongoing talks with the Federal Government, citing alleged lackadaisical approach to major issues revolving around exploratory activities in the region by…
THE PUNCH The Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed on Monday commended the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, for the quality of road he inaugurated. The governor spoke during the inauguration of the 10.3km long Sime-Nonwa-Kira Road in the Tai…
VANGUARD A coalition of militants in Niger Delta has bombed the country home of a former militant leader in Bayelsa State, “General” Ogunbos, who they claimed abandoned his boys to suffer in the creeks and is living big in the…
THIS DAY Fishermen from the Niger Delta region operating under the auspices of Artisanal Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN) have urged the federal government to prevail on Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) Limited to pay the $3.6 billion…
THE NATION The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has scheduled an all-inclusive stakeholders’ meeting to discuss issues affecting the Niger Delta region especially the current management structure of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The President of IYC, Peter Timothy…
THIS DAY With the on-going bickering between Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Rivers State Government that has caused huge economic losses in the last eight days of 2020 and looming environment hazard, it is expedient that the concerned parties…
THE GUARDIAN Barely two months after residents of Oyigbo, Rivers State suffered harassment, killings from military operations, the residents have again, raised alarm over planned illegal demolition of their properties by indigenous youths of the community. The Guardian gathered that Umueye Community…