THE GUARDIAN Niger Delta stakeholders have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to replace the investigative committee set up by the Office of National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd.), with the appointment of a substantive coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty…
THE NATION It is not in contention that the Niger Delta Development Commission is the most plundered of the federal government agencies since its inception, more than 19 years ago. The region is presently the most underdeveloped when placed in…
DAILY POST The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), has denied claims that the dead fishes floating and littering the Niger Delta coastline were caused by alleged discharge of toxic chemicals from its facility. DAILY POST had earlier reported that residents…
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE Tunji Idowu is the Deputy Executive Director of the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), a non-governmental organization that helps farmers and other Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to increase output and profit in Nigeria’s…
THE GUARDIAN As the price of crude oil crashes in the international market due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), groups in southern Nigeria, especially the Niger Delta, have called for immediate restructuring of the country. The publicity secretary of Pan…
THE GUARDIAN Civil society groups, including the Civil Liberty Organisation (CLO), Social Action, and Media COVID-19 Situation Room, have alleged exclusion of Niger Delta states by the Federal Government from the coronavirus interventions, especially in the distribution of test kits,…
THE GUARDIAN TONYE DAVID-WEST is the Managing Director, Niger Delta Basin Development Authority (NDBDA). He spoke to ANN GODWIN in Port Harcourt on the need to end open defecations, restructure river basin authorities across the country, and other issues. The…
THE GUARDIAN As Dead Fishes Continue To Litter Shorelines The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has lamented the daily discovery of dead fishes littering the shorelines of coastal communities along the Atlantic Ocean in Niger Delta, calling for immediate action from…
THE NATION The Nigerian Army has said it will spare no effort in sensitizing Niger-Delta youths in its recruitment drive for its Special Forces unit. The Directorate of Army Recruitments, Resettlement and Reserves Brigadier General Akpan Henry Emmanuel made this…
THE GUARDIAN The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has raised the alarm over the preponderance of redundant skill acquisition centers worth over N8 billion in the Niger Delta. Akpabio made the disclosure yesterday at a roundtable on…
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