THE NATION A recent ministerial parley with Niger Delta stakeholders, including ex-militants, may have doused the tension in the region. Southsouth Bureau Chief, BISI OLANIYI reports that the surprise visit of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio,…
TIDES ONLINE The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, his Benue, Osun, and Kano states’ counterparts, Samuel Ortom, Prof Gboyega Oyetola and Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, have felicitated with Muslims on the occasion of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, urging them to emulate…
VANGUARD NEWS RESIDENTS of Umiaghwa, Okpe Local Government Area, Delta State, have bitterly complained about the dilapidated road to the agrarian community abandoned in 2018 by the Niger-Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and a six-classroom built by the interventionist agency that…
PUNCH Education system in Delta State is facing the threat of imminent collapse on the heels of the acute shortage of teachers in public schools, the State Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers raised the alarm on Monday. Also,…
VANGUARD NEWS Bogije? Where is Bogije? My mind wandered. I was very sure I had neither heard of nor been to Bogije. I had just received a text containing the address of a vocational institute I planned to visit the…
THIS DAY Indigenous oil and gas firm in Nigeria’s Upstream sector, Moni Pulo Limited has said capacity building will ameliorate the Niger Delta region’s economic challenges and reduce incidences of youth restiveness. The Chairman/Chief Executive, Moni Pulo Petroleum Development, Mrs…
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has appealed to ex-militants from the Niger Region to adopt Strategic Communication Committee (SCC) skills required to change negative public perception about the Niger Delta region. The Interim Administrator of PAP, Col. Milland…
THE GUARDIAN Connected Development (CODE) has cautioned the Federal Government and the National Assembly against restricting host communities’ sense of ownership in the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), saying doing so will fuel fresh agitations in the region. Its…
THE SUN Promoters of Bayelsa Oil Company Limited alongside its Joint Ventures Partners, Hardy Oil Nigeria Limited and Century Exploration/ Production Limited, have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in their effort to restore Alata Oil Field in (OML…
DAILY POST Rivers united fans on Sunday beat up a fan of Akwa United at Adokiya Amesiamaka stadium during a match between the two clubs. Trouble started after the football fan raised a placard in support of his team. The…