PREMIUM TIMES Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has called on members of the House of Representatives to expedite action on passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), as it will correct some of the injustice faced by oil-producing states.…
PM NEWS Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said Ijaw people would continue to oppose the the three per cent allotted to the host communities in the Petroleum Industry Act(PIB) until there is a change. Diri said this while…
THE GUARDIAN Solving Niger Delta challenges requires combined efforts, resources, and capabilities of stakeholders, the new Executive Director of Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), Tunji Idowu, has said. No single organisation or individual can do it…
VANGUARD Senator Nicholas Tofowomo represents Ondo South in the Senate on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He is the Vice Chairman, Land Transport Committee of the Senate and member of the Niger Delta Development (NDDC) Committee. In…
THE SUN Imo State chairman of the Oil Solid Mineral Producing Area Landlords Association of Nigeria (OMPALAN) Chief Chibunna Ubawuike has expressed hope that the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) will tackle the cry of marginalisation in the South-East and South-South…
AFRICA NEWS After more than 20 years of waiting, Nwale Nchimaonwi’s hopes were soon dashed when Nigeria finally passed the law that was supposed to regulate the oil sector and better distribute the wealth derived from oil in Africa’s largest…
VANGUARD Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mele Kyari, has said the allocation of three per cent oil companies operating expense to host communities was higher than 30 per cent of profit oil and gas for frontier…
THISDAY Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, last week spoke on issues and controversies surrounding the just-signed Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Emmanuel Addeh, who was at the event presents the excerpts. Now that the PIA has been passed, do…
THIS DAY After so many years of waiting for the Petroleum Industry Bill to be passed, most Nigerians, especially in the Niger Delta, expected a near perfect law from the National Assembly (NASS) that would assuage their worries and address…
THE NATION President, Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof. Benjamin Okaba, is angry over the content of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) just signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. He, like many Nigerians of Niger Delta origin, is particularly distraught…
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