LONDON/BRUSSELS, April 8 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s state-oil company NNPC owes around $3 billion to fuel traders for imported petrol, three sources told Reuters, as the tumbling naira currency and rising global fuel prices have increased the effective subsidy it is…
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PENGASSAN), has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to deploy more military personnel to the Niger Delta, to halt crude oil theft, and generate more revenue for the country. Comrade Festus…
Gunmen dressed in military uniform on Monday morning whisked away the Rivers State governorship candidate of the National Rescue Movement in the 2023 general election, Sobomabo Jackrich, at his residence in Usokun in Degema Local Government Area of the state.…
Coastal erosion has been a constant menace to several communities in Bayelsa State over the years without hope of any action by governments, administrations and relevant agencies. But the recent visit of the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission…
A group under the aegis of the 21st century youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience ) 21st CYNDAC has passed a vote of confidence in the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Samuel Ogbuku for…
Four years after the Federal Government launched a programme to harness the country’s gas resources, key projects marked for execution are moving at a snail’s pace, indicating it may have amounted to nothing more than sloganeering, BusinessDay analysis shows. Nigeria’s…
The Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, on Friday, called on the Board of Enquiry set up by the Defence Headquarters to probe the Okuama killings to ensure a transparent investigation to fish out the real culprits of the heinous crime.…
A group, Northern Youths Progressive Network (NYPN) has called on warring communities in the Niger Delta to sheath their swords and cooperate with the indigenous private security outfit, Tantita Security Services’ peace and security initiatives in order to promote peaceful…
A socio-political group, Delta Development Initiative, has urged the governor of Delta State, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, to, without further delay, set up a project monitoring team “to ensure judicious utilization of monthly federal allocations accruing to the oil rich state.”…
A social activist and president of the Niger Delta Youth Council, Comrade Bene Youkore Mamamu, on Wednesday dispatched an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, seeking the establishment of a Federal Polytechnic in Ogbe-Ijoh, Warri South-West Local Government Area…
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