VANGUARD Eight oil-producing states received N6.589 trillion from the Federation Account under the 13 per cent derivation principle, between 2009 and 2019, with little or no impact on the lives of citizens of the states, according to a report published…
PUNCH NEWS BAYELSA State Governor, Mr Douye Diri, and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, have disagreed sharply on the relevance of the agitation by the Ijaw nation and indeed the Niger Delta people. While Sylva…
PUNCH NEWS The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has said asking oil companies to relocate to the Niger Delta without addressing the security concerns will only escalate Nigeria’s cost of crude oil production. Sylva said this on…
THE NATION Some All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains from Bayelsa State have begun moves to draft former President Goodluck Jonathan into the 2023 presidential race, it was learnt on Sunday. The APC chieftains, according to sources, were encouraged to kick…