THE CABLE The recent spill at Santa Barbara 1 well in Nembe, Bayelsa State, made the news so loud that it drowned some salient points and diverted attention from stories elsewhere in the creeks. Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company,…
VANGUARD NEWS Chairman, House Committee on Oil and Gas and Environment, Delta State House of Assembly, Pullah Ekpotuayerin, has tasked multinationals in Niger Delta to ensure adequate protection of the environment by not dumping toxic waste in the sea and…
SUN NEWS Late December 2021, residents of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, woke up to see blanket of black cloud around the skyline. At first it was dismissed as normal harmattan. However, the harshness coupled with the black soot on the floor…
PUNCH NEWS The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday began a four-week strike following the Federal Government’s failure to meet its demands. The National President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this during a press conference at the University…
VANGUARD NEWS The House of Representatives in response to last year’s petition by some oil spill devastated communities in Ogoni, Rivers State, has completed a fact-finding mission to some of the affected sites with a view to ascertaining the extent…
THE GUARDIAN Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group (NDEBUMOG) has lamented what it describes as unrealistic and unnecessary items in Federal Government’s budget, saying it should be adjusted to address essential needs of the masses. It also said the budget was…
THE SUN Tension is brewing in Ugborodo, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, as indigenes of the community, yesterday, stormed a Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, facility with a ‘juju’ man to drive home their grievances. It was…
THE GUARDIAN Ijaw National Congress (INC) has vowed to resist alleged moves by the Federal Government to relocate the National Petroleum Investment Services unit (NAPIMS) to Abuja. It lamented that the move would frustrate its agitations for the relocation of…
LEADERSHIP.NG The Senate has invited officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over an alleged N100 billion contract scandal. The Senate, through its appropriation committee, said special periodic checks of the activities of the NDDC from 1st January 2013…
THE SUN To cut back on huge spending on imports, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is planning to launch a $50 million fund for the Nigerian Oil and Gas Parks Scheme (NOGAPS) product manufacturing line. The Board,…