Navy arrests suspected bunkerers attempting to siphon petroleum products
Attempt by an eight-man gang to break pipeline and siphone petroleum product has been foiled, following the arrest of the suspects by the Nigerian Navy...
Ohanaeze Demands Immediate Release Of Abducted operations manager of Sterling Bank In Bayelsa
The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Bayelsa State has condemned the recent abduction of the operations manager of Sterling Bank, Mrs Nneka Ugoanochie, and...
“You’re doing a great job for Ijaw Nation” Mike Loyibo commends Comr. Ebilade
The Traditional Prime Minister of Tuomo kingdom and a renowned activist in the Niger Delta, High Chief Mike Loyibo has commended Comr. Ebilade Ekerefe,...
Bayelsa Will no Longer Tolerate Kings Without Govt Recognition — Ewhrudjakpo
The Bayelsa State Government has warned that henceforth it will deal decisively with people parading themselves as kings when they are not.
The state Deputy...
Host Communities To Get $500m Yearly From New PIB – Kyari
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, yesterday calmed frayed nerves among some indigenes of oil producing...
Senate okays N453.2bn NDDC budget, insists FG must constitute board
…Angry youths block East-West road over Sole Administrator appointment
The Senate, yesterday, approved N453.2 billion as annual budget for Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for...
Ijaw progressives demand immediate sack of Akpabio over NDDC
The Watchdog for Progressives Ijaw (WPI) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio,...
Niger Delta Minister dismissed allege N480bn fraud as false and baseless
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Umana Okon Umana, has dismissed as "false and totally baseless", series of allegations of N480 billion fraud...
Tompolo meets stakeholders, Niger Delta ex-agitators …To assist FG curb crude oil theft in...
No fewer than five thousand ex-agitators and stakeholders from the oil bearing communities in the Niger Delta region are currently in a meeting with...
PAP closes scholarship application portal …Begins screening of applicants
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has closed its scholarship application portal for the 2020/2021 academic session.
A statement from the the Interim Administrator, PAP,...