Amnesty Programme empowers 100 rural women
The beneficiaries, who were given the items at a flag-off ceremony in Warri, Delta State, are the first batch among 400 rural women to be empowered in the fishing sector.
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Oil thieves set Agip pipeline ablaze in Niger Delta
Unscrupulous people, described as crude oil thieves, have set fire on an oil pipeline belonging to Italian oil giant Agip at Ubeta community in the Ahoada West Local Government Area ...
1,723 contractors received N70b without mobilising to site in Niger Delta ― Reps
Recall that at last week’s sitting of the panel, the Auditor General of the Federation had disclosed that N64.4 billion was wasted by the Niger Delta Development Commission as mobilisation ...
Serial lies about Amnesty programme, by Murphy Ganagana
It is a sad commentary that the Niger Delta people face the paradox of having an amazing wealth in crude oil but are buffeted by a whirlwind that has choked ...
Shell decries crude theft, vandalism in Niger Delta
“These are critical national assets with 55 percent government interest and they produce the crude oil that accounts for over 90 per cent of Nigeria’s foreign exchange and the bulk ...
Shell loses N202m daily to vandals, oil thieves – GM
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Joint Venture says it loses about N202 million daily in revenue to activities of criminals in the Niger Delta.
Who chose Rivers as battleground for soul of Christianity?, by Annkio Briggs
Not everyone in Rivers State or in the Niger Delta region is a Christian but without a doubt, Rivers State is a Christian State along with the other five states ...
NDDC accumulates over N2t debt – Akpabio
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godwin Akpabio, has stressed the need for redirecting the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission affairs, saying that the commission has over ...
13 Niger Delta indigenes win SPDC JV scholarship to UK varsities
The latest awards bring the total number of beneficiaries to 92 since the inception of the scheme in 2010.
Niger Delta community demands payment of outstanding N6.9b from SPDC
The indigenes, who staged a protest in Abuja on Thursday, were demanding payment of the amount, saying they were being cheated by the multinational company.
Akpabio pledges to impact positively on Niger Delta
The newly appointed Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has pledged his commitment to ensure effective development in the Niger Delta region, especially in the areas of infrastructure.
Dokubo applauds Nigerian army over security in Niger Delta
The Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubu, has commended the Nigerian Army for maintaining security and securing critical national infrastructure in the Niger Delta.
Omo-Agege lied, we are not relocating NGC headquarters from Niger Delta — NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has for the umpteenth time assured stakeholders in Delta State and the Niger Delta in general that it has no plan to relocate the headquarters ...
Why oil firm headquarters ought to be located in Niger Delta – Omo-Agege
Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has urged oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region to relocate their headquarters to the region.
PDP full of ungrateful, sadistic people — Orubebe
A former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has described the Peoples Democratic Party as a party full of ungrateful people and sadists. Orubebe, who served as Minister ...
Fund Amnesty Programme adequately, Niger Delta leaders urge FG
Niger Delta leaders have urged the Federal Government to adequately fund and sustain the Presidential Amnesty Programme to maintain peace and fast-track development in the region.
Don’t abuse offer of scholarship, Amnesty Office warns non-beneficiaries in varsities
The Presidential Amnesty Programme has warned Niger Delta youths offered scholarship on compassionate grounds to study in universities across the country not to take the gesture as a right, but ...
Dokubo committed to Niger Delta Development — Akeredolu
The Ondo State Governor, Chief Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), at the weekend appraised the performance of the Presidential Amnesty Programme under the leadership of Prof. Charles Dokubo and expressed conviction of ...
Ijaw organisations insist on credible council, gubernatorial polls in Bayelsa
Some Ijaw organisations in the Niger Delta have insisted that the impending local government council and gubernatorial elections scheduled for August10 and November 16, respectively should be devoid of electoral ...
Gunmen abduct varsity lecturer’s wife
Gunmen on Sunday at Gbarantoru community in Yenagoa, abducted the wife of a lecturer with the Niger Delta University.
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