No fewer than 120 youths drawn across eight states in the Niger Delta on Tuesday in Port Harcourt received 400,000 each as grant to invest in new businesses.
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The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Obi, on Tuesday endorsed governors of the Niger Delta states seeking re-election on Saturday, declaring that they are among the best-performing in the country and thus deserve a renewal of their mandate by the people.
Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, has vowed that the Federal Government will unmask and prosecute the perpetrators as well as sponsors of the mindless looting of empowerment starter-packs meant for distribution to impacted communities in the Niger Delta.
All On, a Shell-funded off-grid energy impact investment company, will be funding scholarships for up to 120 professionals affiliated to the Niger Delta.
The army said efforts were underway to track the source of the weapons being reportedly stockpiled to disrupt peaceful conduct of the elections.
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said it had uncovered plans by suspected hired thugs to attack polling centres in some unnamed states in the Niger Delta.
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, has expressed dismay over unverified posts in the social media linking him to sponsorship of political thugs ahead of the botched Presidential and National Assembly elections earlier scheduled for February 16.
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 of its empowerment programme.
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 Dokubo.
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 and the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Prof. Charles Dokubo.
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 Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, within his short period in office.
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 floods in the Niger Delta states of Rivers, Bayelsa, and Delta.