Senate President Godswill Akpabio has told President Bola Tinubu not to allow his cabinet members travel when they are expected to defend the 2024 budget at the National Assembly. He said this when the president presented N27.5trn budget proposal before…
The Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Sam Ogbuku, has lamented that the agency is owed over N2 trillion by the states that make up the Niger Delta. He said the sum was the accumulation of 15 percent…
NUPRC has set a 2-week deadline for Chevron’s Warri South community dispute resolution. This is according to a statement by the NUPRC. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has stepped in to address a conflict between Chevron Nigeria Limited…
President Bola Tinubu will today present the 2024 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly. It is the president’s first full-year budget since he assumed office in May. President Tinubu, in a letter, on Monday notified the lawmakers…
Ex-warlords from the Niger Delta region have issued a 7-day ultimatum to all multinational oil companies operating in the area to ensure they pay them all outstanding stipends and entitlements. The ex-agitators under the auspices of Black Waterway Boys, led…
Delta State Governor, RT. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has performed the ground breaking ceremony of four key projects estimated at ₦78billion in Warri and Effurun metropolis. The historic event took place on Monday in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta…
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has said engaging critical stakeholders in the region is key to the development of the Niger Delta. He said such engagement was in tandem with the policy of…
The aggrieved people of Igbomotoru in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, on Sunday, staged a peaceful protest against the invasion of the coastal community by military gunboats. The protesters, made up of youths, men, women and…
Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the establishment of the Nigeria Maritime University (NMU), located in Okerenkoko, Delta State, as instrumental to bringing peace and harmony to the Niger Delta region. The President made this known through a speech…
The off-season gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State in early November has produced another example of that state’s characteristically controversial and much-discussed electoral results. Although the former governor and immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Chief Timipre Sylva representing the…
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