THE SUN About 100 farmers drawn across Bayelsa State are beneficiaries of Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) Cocoa seedlings to improve yields and production. The Regional Coordinator, NEPC, South- South Regional Office, Port Harcourt, Mr. Joe Itah who presented the…
THE TIDE The Environmental Rights Action (ERA)/Friends of the Earth Nigeria and other civil society organisations have disagreed with the ongoing divestment of the international oil companies (IOCs) in the Niger Delta. The group lamented the health effects the activities…
PUNCH. The Chairman of Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, Confidence Deko, has donated relief materials to over 60 families sacked by a rainstorm in Ward 2, Bodo communities. The PUNCH had reported that the roofs of several buildings were…
The Guardian. Center for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has advised the Federal Government to expend the N4 trillion for fuel subsidy on productive sectors. Its Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Muda Yusuf, who gave the advice in an interview…
DAILY POST. One person has been reportedly shot dead and a military personnel injured following an early morning attack on a Military checkpoint in Ogboinbiri community at a wellhead owned by the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) at Seibou oil…
Vanguard. Delta State Government has called on the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to concentrate on how tertiary institutions in the country could commence academic activities rather than maligning it to score cheap political points. The…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, inspected the on-going construction of the Lagos Rail Line project and said the first quarter 2023 target for commencement of operational service was sacrosanct. Sanwo-Olu said the state was on track with its…
THE Sun. The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), a non-profit organisation that promotes peace and equitable economic growth in the oil rich region through multi-stakeholder partnerships, has awarded over N104 million in grants to 12 implementing partners…
VANGUARD NEWS YENAGOA— Stakeholders in Niger Delta have called on the Federal Government to compel International Oil Companies, IOCs, operating in the region to honour the Memorandum of Understandings, MoUs; General Memorandum of Understandings, GMoUs, and other agreements entered with communities.…
PUNCH. The Presidency on Sunday said that the United States’ policy and support to Nigeria have been inconsistent over the years, especially as regards the provision of military equipment to fight the decade-long insecurity in the Sahel region. It also…