Niger Delta

Omiete Blessing Coalition of civil society groups have insisted that except there is proper cleanup and restoration of polluted environment, there will be no divestment by International…

Omiete Blessing Former leaders and coordinators of Niger Delta agitators have warned against blackmails and needless attacks on the Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro by some detractors in the…

Stakeholders from the Niger Delta have expressed worries about the devastating impact of oil pollution in the region. Speaking at the International Conference on Petroleum Pollution and Just Transition, Bayelsa State…

A Niger Delta militia group, has threatened to shut down oil installations in the Niger Delta region if President Bola Tinubu does not call Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to…

The Head of Education Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr. Charles Ariye, has said that the agency would collaborate with Hensard University to train youths of the Niger Delta in formal and informal skills. Dr…

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has described Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State as ‘Idi Amin of the Peoples Democratic Party’. This was apparently because of the governor’s latest outbusts on…

Anthony Iwuoma A former militant leader in the Niger Delta, Asari Dokubo, has expressed doubts that the Department of State Services (DSS) would ever release the  leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) from its custody. This…

Isaac Ombe, Yenagoa It was a bad day for multinational oil giant in the Niger Delta, Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited (SPDC), last Wednesday, following massive protests organised by  some land owners against alleged takeover…

Onazena Abbey, Benin A socio-cultural group, under the auspices of Advocacy For Good Governance, has thrown its weight behind the former Niger Delta Development Commissioner, Saturday Uwulekhue, as the choice  candidate for All…

Former minister of state for petroleum resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, has opened up on the vexed issue of oil subsidy, explaining that while removal was inevitable, it was a political and sensitive matter, which only President…