THE GUARDIAN Ijaw youth shut down commission’s offices in A’Ibom, RiversMinister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has declared that the delay in the inauguration of a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was due to lack…
DAILY NIGERIA The Federal Government disclosed plans for the disbursement of the $750 million World Bank grant under the National COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus, NGCARES. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, disclosed plans…
THE GUARDIAN A Niger Delta group under the aegis of the Ogoni Liberation Initiative has warned against further action on the proposed N385 fuel price hike, asking the proponents to immediately drop the proposal. The group said implementation of the…
INDEPENDENT The Federal Government has expressed concerns over the shipment of the next batch of COVID-19 vaccines to the country, citing current global vaccine supply challenges. According to the information available to FG, the country may get the next consignment…
PUNCH NEWS An American assets recovery firm, Forensic Assets Investigation and Recovery Services LLC, has traced $69bn (about N28.3tn) to different Texas bank accounts accrued from illegal oil deals by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The money was believed to…
THE NATION The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has committed $332 million under its commercial ventures partnership programme to attract project developments worth $3.7 billion. Its Executive Secretary, Simbi Wabote, made this known at the virtual bi-yearly Nigerian…
THE GUARDIAN Worried about social resistance that might trail the removal of petrol subsidy, there are indications that the Federal Government will not tamper with the price of petrol anytime soon until tensions abate and food inflation tamed, The Guardian…
PREMIUM TIMES The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has said that the 4.2 million pounds Ibori loot has not been returned to Delta State, contrary to his earlier claim. Mr Idris had on Tuesday told federal lawmakers in…
DAILY POST The President of the pan-ijaw youth group, Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, Peter Timothy Igbifa, has regained freedom from his abductors. Igbifa was reportedly kidnapped on Tuesday morning by unknown gunmen in Rivers State while heading to the…
THE CABLE Members of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) have locked the office of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Bayelsa state over the federal government’s failure to constitute the agency’s board. The youths, who staged a protest in…