PUNCH NEWS Traditional rulers of the Ogoni ethnic nationality in Rivers State have said any planned resumption of oil exploration in the area through the back door will be resisted. The monarchs called on the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company to…
THE SUN Between Saturday July 31 and August 1, 2021, Obogoro in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State had yet another visit from an unwanted guest. The guest- coastal erosion, swept through the community leaving in its wake, tears,…
PUNCH The Niger Delta had lost over $10 billion within 20 years that the Petroleum Industry Bill was lying dormant in the National Assembly without presidential assent, the chairman of Ijaw Community (19 Northern States and Abuja), Success Jack, said…
GUARDIAN As the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, strident reactions, yesterday, trailed Edo State government’s decision to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for its people. With Edo State at 5,341, currently seventh on the log…
VANGUARD PAN Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF; Host Communities of Nigeria, HOSTCOM, and other stakeholders of oil-rich Niger Delta, yesterday, disagreed with Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr Mele Kyari, over his claim that three per cent…
PREMIUM TIMES Team Nigeria now has three gold medals at the ongoing Paralympic Games in Tokyo after the record-breaking feat of Folashade Oluwafemiayo on Monday in the Women’s 86kg Powerlifting event. Oluwafemiayo had the best lift of 152kg in her…
VANGUARD Former President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and the Minister of Niger Delta, Chief Godswill Akpabio Sunday paid homage to the new monarch of Itsekiri nation, His Majesty Ogiame Atuwatse III at his palace in Warri south local government area,…
THE GUARDIAN In a bid to ensure proper and enduring control of flood in the affected area when completed, the Delta State Executive Council has approved the extension of Warri-Uvwie Storm Drainage project. The extension consists of flood control works…
THIS DAY The Naira4Dollar policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may have begun to yield dividends as remittances from Nigerians in the Diaspora now stand at an average of $34 billion annually, THISDAY has learnt. This translates to…
NAIJANEWS.COM Good morning Nigeria, welcome to Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today Saturday, 28th August 2021. EDITORIAL: They Are Terrorists And Should Be So Treated Security was breached at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in…