NDDC to resettle Niger Delta flood victims – Project Director
Dr Cairo Ojougboh, the commission’s Executive Director of Project gave the assurance while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja.
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Niger Delta: Dokubo tasks leaders of ex-agitators on peace, development
The Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof Charles Dokubo, has urged leaders of Niger Delta ex-agitators to work towards the success of the programme for people in the region to enjoy ...
Amnesty Programme trains 500 Niger Delta youths
Beneficiaries of the professional development course drawn from communities in the Niger Delta were trained at the Onshore and Offshore Safety Institute of Nigeria in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as ...
Dokubo meets leaders of Niger Delta ex-agitators, says no illegality in Amnesty programme
Dokubo said even as he had never altered the structure he inherited, especially with regards to beneficiaries captured in the database of the Amnesty Programme, he took steps to redress ...
Gas flaring: FEC approves conversion of natural gas to methanol
The Federal Executive Council has approved the conversion of natural gas to methanol in order to address the environmental challenge caused by gas flaring in the country.
Buhari orders forensic audit of NDDC activities
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission from 2001 to 2019.
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.
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.
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