THE GUARDIAN National Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Emmanuel Ibiok Essien, has urged the Federal Government to address agitations from all sections of the country now to restructure the country. Maintaining that the country could no longer…
VANGUARD PAN-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, weekend, knocked the National Assembly over the newly passed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, saying it did not meet the yearnings of the Niger-Delta people. The regional group also warned that conflicts may continue in the oil-rich region…
THE GUARDIAN The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), yesterday, declared that President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent reaction to the issue of restructuring amounted to a threat of war and destruction of livelihoods of Nigerians. In a statement issued yesterday in Port…
THIS DAY The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has expressed its support to the call by Southern Governors for restructuring, ban on open grazing, amongst other national issues. This was contained in a communique issued Tuesday at the end of…
THIS DAY The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has raised the alarm that Nigeria’s collapse is inevitable if the spate of insecurity across the country continues unabated. PANDEF made the assertion yesterday in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary,…
THE GUARDIAN The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and South-South Elders’ Forum have berated Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, for saying that International Oil Companies (IOCs) cannot relocate to the Niger Delta region due to insecurity and violence. But…
THE NATION Tension is rising in the Niger Delta over alleged surreptitious moves to extend the tenure of the current sole administration of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) beyond Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Groups kicking against the secret drive…
THE VANGUARD Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the integration of artisanal and modular refinery operators into the mainstream oil and gas sector will boost local content in the industry. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja,…
THE GUARDIAN The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has kicked against plans by the Federal Government to spend the £4.2 million loot recovered from James Ibori on projects outside Delta State. In a communiqué issued by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of PANDEF…
GBARAMATUVOICE Former Akwa-Ibom northwest senator, Emmanuel Ibok Essien has been appointed to succeed Idongesit Nkanga, as chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum. In a statement issued shortly after a meeting of the Board of Trustees of PANDEF on Wednesday,…