VANGUARD The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Sunday said it has channeled 70 percent of its 2021 budget towards the completion of the East-West highway dualisation project. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr. Babayo Ardo disclosed this…
VANGUARD The Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), after its establishment in 2009 by the late President Musa Yar’Adua, has under gone series of evolution which had yielded positive results at resolving the unrest in the volatile oil producing environment…
LEADERSHIP.NG Nigeria has scaled up award of contracts to indigenous firms to the tune of $6 billion out of estimated $20 billion annual value of contracts in the oil and gas industry, following sustained implementation and monitoring of the Nigerian…
THE GUARDIAN Residents and shop owners at the popular Imgbi road and Punch street were in tears yesterday as the Bayelsa State demolition team in charge of illegal structures demolished over 40 shops and shanties on the streets. Many of…
THE CABLE The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) says investment in Nigeria rose to $8.41 billion in the first quarter of 2021 (Q1 2021), as Balyesa and Delta states emerged top investment destinations during the period. This was contained in…
THIS DAY The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has appealed to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to return its Cabotage Services Department to Port Harcourt. Wike made the appeal when the Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir…
ENERGY VOICE Wike, speaking at the commissioning of Nigeria LNG (NLNG) headquarters in Port Harcourt, called on companies to operate from the states in which they operate. “If Rivers State is not safe, why will NLNG be operating in Rivers…
THE GUARDIAN Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Omotayo Alasoadura, yesterday, hinted that the Federal Government is ready to borrow to ensure that the East-West road gets completed by April 2022. He stated this during the inspection of sections…
THE NATION President Muhammadu Buhari has sent 33 patrol vehicles to forensic auditors investigating the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, presented the brand new Ford Ranger patrol…
THE GUARDIAN The Presidency has approved the decision of the Presidential Amnesty Office to conduct the verification on 30,000 ex-agitators captured under the programme in the last 11 years. Mr Tonye Bobo, Member, Think-Thank of the Amnesty Office stated this…