Press Statement – 2 December, 2021 We the undersigned (as well as several other stakeholders) are seriously concerned with the yet-to-be-contained oil and gas blowout at Well #1 at the Santa Barbara River location, OML 29 at Opu Nembe in Bayelsa…
VANGUARD NEWS The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio says the launch of the Strategic Implementation Work Plan (SIWP) for the region will bring to an end the era of project duplication and multiplication by agencies of government…
VANGUARD NEWS The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, proposed a budget estimate of N483,173, 307,096.00, for 2022 fiscal year to the State’s House of Assembly for consideration. Wike said the budget christened, “Budget of Consolidation”, would focus on…
VANGUARD NEWS The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has disclosed that it was closely monitoring the oil spill at the Santa Barbara Well 1 operated by AITEO Eastern Exploration and Production Company in Bassambiri, Nembe Local Government Area of…
PUNCH NEWS Following apprehensions over the spread of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Federal Government has advised vaccinated Nigerians to take booster shots effective from December 10. The Presidential Steering Committee on Covid-19, chaired by the Secretary…
THE NATION The galloping cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas has continued to be a concern to Nigerians. This is despite the 802 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves the country boasts of. But experts and critical stakeholders in the sector…
THE GUARDIAN Expert on good control, Victor Ekpenyong, working on the site of the Santa Barbara oil spill in Nembe, Bayelsa State, yesterday, disagreed with reports that two million barrels of crude oil had been discharged into the environment in…
THE SUN The first military governor of old Rivers and Chairman, Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers, the Amanayanbo of Twon Brass, King Alfred Papapreye Diete-Spiff has thrown his weight behind the creation of State Police. According to him those…
THE SUN The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Simbi Kesiye Wabote, has disclosed that the industrial parks under the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park Scheme (NOGaPS) situated in Emeyal 1 in Ogbia Local Government…
PREMIUM TIMES The Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday returned from visiting the oil spill site in Nembe Local Government Area of the state, describing it as the worst he had seen in his lifetime. The OML 29…