NAIRAMETRICS A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to pay the sum of N81.9 billion as cumulative damages to the oil communities in Ibeno Local Government Area of…
THE GUARDIAN The Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday, ordered the Federal Government to pay $951 million to the Bayelsa State Government. The amount is the 13 per cent derivative sum due as arrears of revenue and payable to Bayelsa State.…
THE NATION There is no question that Delta State lost development opportunities as a result of looting by former governor James Ibori. Accused of stealing a staggering US$250 million from the public purse, Ibori, who was governor from 1999 to…
THIS DAY The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) has announced plan to collaborate with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources to enable it build small and medium hydro power plants in the country, particularly in the north. This is…
THE GUARDIAN The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), yesterday, declared that President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent reaction to the issue of restructuring amounted to a threat of war and destruction of livelihoods of Nigerians. In a statement issued yesterday in Port…
LEADERSHIP.NG As the state-wide curfew imposed on Rivers State enters into its second month, financial experts have said the security measure has negatively affected economic activities in the state. Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike had, on May 2, 2021 imposed a…
LEADERSHIP.NG Young leaders in the Niger Delta region have advocated for strategic economic engagement and affirmative leadership roadmap as panacea for development and a means to make up for the huge capital being invested in the region. This is as…
PREMIUM TIMES The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has reaffirmed that construction of the Second Niger Bridge would be completed next year. The minister gave the assurance at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in…
PUNCH NEWS PUNCH NEWS Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged the Federal Government to fulfil the promises it made to Nigerians, especially the state. Wike, who spoke while inaugurating the Community Secondary School, Eteo, Eleme and Community Secondary School,…
PUNCH NEWS In spite of the overwhelming outcry against the plan to retrace and recover grazing routes across the country, the Federal Government is not showing signs of relenting. Saturday PUNCH findings revealed that stock routes, popularly called grazing routes,…