PUNCH NEWS Some professionals from Delta State under the aegis of League of Ndokwa Professionals have backed the Ifeanyi Okowa-led state government on the proposed use of the £4.2m (N2.2bn) loot by the James Ibori-led administration due to be repatriated…
LEADERSHIP.NG Task Force personnel attached to the Bayelsa State Command of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), have apprehended three tankers suspected to be transporting adulterated Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from a yet-to-be identified destination into Bayelsa along…
THE NATION THE Sangana Beach in Bayelsa State was recently littered with different sizes of dead fishes suspected to have been killed by the pollution of the water occasioned by oil spills. The sight of dead fishes floating on the…
THE GUARDIAN Traditional rulers in Delta State have appealed to citizens to take COVID-19 vaccines to prevent them from contracting the virus. Chairman of the Delta State Traditional Rulers Council, Dr. Emmanuel Efeizomor II, who made the appeal in a…
THE NATION The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has described the approval of $1.5bn for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery as a sign that the Federal Government has woken up from its slumber. The IYC in a statement…
THE GUARDIAN Apprehension being generated in parts of Delta State over recent oil spill indicates lack of sufficient government presence and representation of people in the area. Otherwise, government, as protector of the people’s welfare, should have been the body…
THIS DAY As the Paramount Head of Oruwari Briggs War Canoe House of Abonnema, late Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs, was laid to rest last week, Chiemelie Ezeobi reports that the week-long ceremony included an evening of drama, tributes, art exhibition,…
THE NATION More reactions on Thursday trailed Wednesday’s approval of $1.5 billion by the Federal Executive Council’s (FEC’s) for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery. Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar said the approval was suspicious while Lagos Chamber of Commerce…
THE TIDE The Niger Delta Youth Council (NDYC) has urged the Federal Government to immediately resolve issues that gave rise to uncertainties over the price of petrol in the country. The NDYC in a statement in Abuja, yesterday, signed by…
VANGUARD The Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, has called on its beneficiaries to get ready to learn the periquisites of owning and running modular refineries following ongoing measures by the Federal Government to integrate artisanal refiners into the oil and gas…