VANGUARD NEWSPAPER The recently inaugurated Board of the Contractors Association of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has promised to change the wrong status quo of unpaid contracts executed in the oil-rich region. In a Communique issued in Port Harcourt,…
BUSINESS DAY The Rules of Engagement for armies allow the use of lethal force only as a means of last resort. On October 20, 2020, the Nigerian Army opened fire on peaceful protesters sitting in front of the Lekki Toll…
PUNCH NEWS Power consumers nationwide may start to pay more for electricity, following plans by the Federal Government to carry out a review of power tariff, The PUNCH has learnt. This came as the Federal Government said on Wednesday it…
THIS DAY President Muhammadu Buhari, on June 24, 2021, while receiving the leadership of Ijaw National Congress, promised to inaugurate the board of NDDC upon receipt of the Commission’s forensic audit report. But two months after receipt of the report…
THE VANGUARD The Senate yesterday resolved to intervene in the diplomatic row between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates, UAE, following disagreements between both countries. The decision to wade into the dispute was reached sequel to a point of order…
THE TIDE NEWS The Bayelsa State Government, Monday, said it had completed 10 internal roads, six nearly-completed ones while four others will be awarded at the end of the month, as part of efforts to drive infrastructural development of the…
PUNCH NEWS The House of Representatives on Tuesday extended the expiration date of the 2020 budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission from March 31, 2021 to December 31, 2021. The Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business,…
PREMIUM TIMES The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) says 3,000 entrepreneurs from Niger Delta will benefit from the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) loans. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that PAP had started training programmes…
THE GUARDIAN Delta State Government Monday said it was disappointed by the Federal Government’s “deliberate” refusal to return the £4.2 million the former governor James Ibori looted from the state to it seven months after the release of the money…
THE GUARDIAN Solving Niger Delta challenges requires combined efforts, resources, and capabilities of stakeholders, the new Executive Director of Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), Tunji Idowu, has said. No single organisation or individual can do it…
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