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…
THIS DAY In January, when representatives of oil-producing communities converged at the National Assembly for a public hearing on the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), they turned the venue into a wrestling ring. The visitors from Niger Delta were in…
THIS DAY Udora Orizu writes that despite recent hurdles at the public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Bill, members of the 9th National Assembly are committed to ensuring the passage of the long awaited legislation Following altercation between members of…
INDEPENDENT Is the much-talked-about all-important Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) jinxed? This is the recurring question that is seriously agitating troubled minds of Nigerians following inability of federal lawmakers under successive administrations, to pass the profoundly controversial Petroleum Industry Bill despite…
VANGUARD Rep. Peter Akpatason, Deputy Leader of the House of Representatives, has said that the Executive and Legislative arms of government must sit with experts in the oil sector and not bring politics into the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Akpatason…