PM NEWS Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday insisted that the oil found in the Niger Delta region belonged to Nigeria constitutionally, but denied accusation that he was against the oil producing region. Obasanjo made the assertion in a six…
VANGUARD BAYELSA State government, weekend, gave reasons it rejected the Joint Investigative Visit, JIV, report that the Nembe well head blowout was caused by sabotage insisting that it was due to equipment and maintenance failure. Accordingly, it vowed to take…
THE NATION The Senate has ruled out the creation of new states, it was learnt on Sunday. The Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution observed that, apart from shrinking resources, which may render additional states unviable, the…
PREMIUM TIMES Fishermen in Akwa Ibom State have accused ExxonMobil, the American multinational oil and gas corporation, of refusing to take responsibility and pay compensation for a series of oil spills that occurred in the state between 1998 and 2012.…
PUNCH NEWS A former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dakuku Peterside, shares his thoughts with ALEXANDER OKERE about the controversy surrounding the Electoral Act amendment bill 2021, rotational presidency and politics in Rivers State What…
THE WILL While launching the Bayelsa State security outfit codenamed ‘Operation Doo-Akpo’ in Yenagoa, capital of the state, Governor Douye Diri, issued a warning to criminals to steer clear of the state. The governor also commissioned 50 brand-new operational vehicles,…
THE GUARDIAN As Christians commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ, with the celebration of Christmas, Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has urged Christians to offer special prayers during the yuletide for greater peace, love, unity, peaceful co-existence and progress…
PEOPLES GAZETTE President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said that the newly discovered oil in Bauchi and Gombe will help balance the “politics of oil” across the country. Mr Buhari was referring to the Niger Delta’s perceived political power arising from…
THE SUN Concerned environmental rights groups and ethnic youth leaders, have welcomed the findings of the joint investigation visit which attributed that the recent oil spill witnessed in Nembe, Bayelsa State, was as a result of human sabotage. The groups,…
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON OIL SPILL AT SANTA BARBARA RIVER, NEMBE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, BAYELSA STATE PRESS STATEMENT ON THE INCONCLUSIVE JOINT INVESTIGATION VISIT TO THE NEMBE OIL SPILL SITE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2021 The Bayelsa State Technical Committee on…