LEADERSHIP The Bayelsa State government is to partner the Central Bank of Nigeria to train and empower over 3,500 farmers in the state on rice production, fisheries and poultry under the Accelerated Agriculture Development Scheme (AADS) and Anchor Borrowers programmes.…
THIS DAY In January, when representatives of oil-producing communities converged at the National Assembly for a public hearing on the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), they turned the venue into a wrestling ring. The visitors from Niger Delta were in…
THE GUARDIAN The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has faulted reports that he was clamped into detention over an attempt to bribe Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa with $350,000. The…
PREMIUM TIMES The Aba River, popularly known as ‘Waterside’, is located in the valley between Eziama community and Ogbor Ancient Kingdom – now called Ogbor-Hill, along Ikot Ekpene Road in Aba North Local Government Area of Abia State. It flows…
NAIRAMETRICS The Mercury Maritime Concession Company (MMCC) Ltd. has moved to decongest the Lagos ports as it revealed plans to establish a $2.9 billion deep seaport at Escravos, Delta. The project which is expected to be completed within 5 years would…
VANGUARD NEWS Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Thursday condoled with the Itsekiri people in the state on the passing of their monarch, Ogiame Ikenwoli, the Olu of Warri. Okowa told members of Olu of Warri Advisory Council, who visited…
PREMIUM TIMES Since Nigeria’s Fourth Republic began in 1999, the eight oil and gas producing states have received over N9 trillion under the derivation principle sanctioned by the nation’s constitution. The constitution stipulates payment of 13 per cent of oil…
THIS DAY The Niger Delta Minister Senator Godswill Akpabio recently hinted that the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), which he had earlier said would be concluded and the report submitted before April (this month) will now…
GUARDIAN Against the expectation of many Nigerians, Federal Executive Council (FEC), yesterday, failed to discuss the vociferous calls for the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, to resign from office over the alleged links with terrorist groups,…
GUARDIAN The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has again berated Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, over the endless forensic audit and extension of Effiong Akwa’s tenure as Sole Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).It alleged that the…
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