Niger Delta

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday restated his commitment towards infrastructural development in the Niger-Delta.

The Bank of Industry and All On have announced the establishment of a N1 billion Niger Delta Off-Grid Energy Fund. 

Succour came the way of residents of impacted communities during the Niger Delta crises as the Presidential Amnesty Programme moved a step from its core mandate with the distribution of various items as starter packs to the people as part…

Bishops and Clergy Council of Niger Delta, Nigeria, says the Presidential Amnesty Programme has impacted positively on the lives of Niger Delta people.

Bishops and Clergy Council of Niger Delta, Nigeria says the hitherto restive oil-rich region has recorded tremendous improvement in the lives of the people through the Presidential Amnesty Programme under the leadership of Prof. Charles…

Hundreds of Ijaw youths resident in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday stormed the corporate head office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme on a solidarity march in support of President Muhammadu Buhari…

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday in Abuja, has said that the Federal Government will further award contracts to interested companies to clean up the entire Ogoni community.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, has said the upper chamber of the National Assembly is proud of the achievements of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty…

The South South Governors’ Forum has scheduled an emergency meeting of the Forum for Sunday.

Some Niger Delta youth on Monday besieged the Nigerian Gas Processing and Transportation Company Limited protesting the planned relocation of the company’s head office from Warri, Delta State to Lagos.

Shell, operator of the Bonga oil field where the spill occurred, had approached the courts to challenge the powers of National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency to impose fines on it.

The Commander 2 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen. Abdu Hassan, has described Operation Crocodile Smile 111 of the army in Akwa Ibom as a huge success.

The staff and management of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited have spent the last two weeks working as volunteers in the distribution of relief materials worth over N300 million to communities affected by devastating…

The command announced this in a statement by its Information Officer, Commander Thomas Otuji, on Wednesday in Calabar.

The exercise, which commenced on Saturday, is scheduled to last a period of one week, and focused on communities mostly affected by the flood.

The Executive Director of CISLAC, Malam Auwal Ibrahim, made the call during a courtesy visit to Peter Idabor, the Director-General, National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency in Abuja on Friday.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Maj.-Gen. Jamil Sarham, the General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Port-Harcourt, said the 2018 operation would not be different as officers and soldiers had been advised to abide by the rules.

George Okitikpi, the Vice President of the peace advocacy group, gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Asaba on Monday.

Lawrence Alobi, former Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, has appealed to the Federal Government to adequately fund the Presidential Amnesty Programme to maintain the prevailing peace and security in the Niger Delta.

This is contained in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria  in Uyo on Tuesday by the Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Lt. Tayo Oluwafemi of 2 Brigade Nigerian Army.