VANGUARD NEWS Delta Governor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, announced that the state government would give financial assistance to 2,500 artisans in 2022 to stimulate the growth of small and medium enterprises in the state. Okowa announced this while speaking at Artisans…
PUNCH NEWS The Federal Government on Thursday announced that beginning from next week it would start sending out Request for Proposals to investors interested in owning shares in the proposed national carrier. It also expressed hope that the carrier, Nigeria…
VANGUARD NEWS The Senate, Trade Union Congress, TUC, and experts yesterday disagreed with the Federal Government’s plan to remove fuel subsidy next year and replace it with a N5,000 monthly transport grant to 40 million Nigerians. While the Senate said…
PUNCH NEWS A new militant group in Rivers State called ‘Bayan-Men’ has again attacked another oil facility belonging to the Nigeria Agip Oil Company in the Obosi area of Omoku, Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area. The attack followed the expiration of…
THE GUARDIAN Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has demanded the immediate implementation of the Governor Nasir El-Rufai-led All Progressives Congress (APC) report on true federalism. The Delta native, who leads the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANFEF) in a chat with reporters…
THIS DAY Three weeks after a pipeline explosion in Nembe, Bayelsa State, which led to oil spillage across 45 communities in the state, the federal government, yesterday, said it was yet to establish the cause of the eruption. It frowned…
PREMIUM TIMES The federal government will remove fuel subsidy and replace it with a monthly N5000 transport grant to poor Nigerians, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said. Speaking at the launch of the World…
THE GUARDIAN The Federal Government on Tuesday directed AITEO Eastern Exploration and Production Company Ltd. (AEEPCo), to stop the operation of an oilfield in Bayelsa State. A statement by Mr Saghir el Mohammed, Press Director, Ministry of Environment, said this…
PREMIUM TIMES The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) said it has rolled out strategies to tackle incessant oil spills in communities in the Niger Delta. NOSDRA Director-General, Idris Musa, disclosed this at a one-day Community-based Disaster Risk…
PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate Release Nov. 22, 2021 Contact: Professor Rick Steiner, International Oil Spill Advisor Oasis Earth, Anchorage Alaska USA (www.oasis-earth.com) Technical Advisor, Ijaw Diaspora Council richard.g.steiner@gmail.com +1-907-360-4503 (available for Skype/Zoom/phone interviews) Major Nembe Oil/Gas Blowout Needs Immediate Response…