Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has called on the federal government to end the unprovoked killings going on in the Middle Belt especially in Southern Kaduna, Benue and Plateau states. A statement issued by the national spokesperson, NDC, Mudiaga Ogboru, he ...
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Feed SubscriptionPollution: Shell Accepts To Pay €15m Compensation To Nigerian Communities
Oil giant Shell will pay 15 million euros ($15.9 million) to communities in Nigeria that were affected by multiple oil pipeline leaks in the Niger Delta, the oil company on Friday said in a joint statement with the Dutch division ...
Read More »Amid Fear Of Losing $23bn Revenue, Federal Govt Goes After Oil Thieves
The national security adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd) has said Nigeria may be losing $23 billion revenue in 2023 if crude oil theft is not checked. He disclosed this in Abuja when he inaugurated a nine-member Special Investigative Panel ...
Read More »SERAP, Rivers Community, Others Sue FG For Oil Theft
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and 16 other Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) over its “failure to investigate the activities of illicit oil pipelines between 2001 and 2022.” ...
Read More »AGFAN Advocates Zero Gas Flare, Venting In Niger Delta
…Rounds Off Electoral Dialogue In Uyo By Saviour Ekpe Non-Governmental Organisations under the aegis of AGFAN (Advocacy For Gas Flare Accountability In Nigeria) Cluster have rounded off an electoral dialogue/workshop in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. The programme sponsored ...
Read More »13% Derivation Payment: AKHA Suspends Budget Presentation By Ministry of Finance, Ors
…Over Inability To Respond To Queries By Aniefiok Christopher The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation has suspended budgetary appraisals of three major ministries in Akwa Ibom State following their inability to respond to queries ...
Read More »AGFAN Cluster Partners USAID, Ors Set Agenda for Action on Gas Flare Accountability in Nigeria
…As Candidates, Parliamentarians, Stakeholders, Ors Gather in Uyo, For A Colloquium By Saviour Ekpe All is now set for agenda setting workshop on transparency for gas flare/vented volumes, Penalty payment, greenhouse gas emission and action to meet Nigeria’s Intended Nationally ...
Read More »Fixing East-West Road Brings Joy To Niger-Delta – NDDC
The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua, has said the ongoing rehabilitation of flood-ravaged sections of the East-West Road in Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers states, has brought joy to the people of the Niger Delta ...
Read More »Buhari To Witness First North-East Oil Drill Tuesday
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is to witness the first drilling of crude oil in the Kolmani River II Well on the Upper Benue Trough, Gongola Basin, in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria, on Tuesday. Officials of the ...
Read More »NITDA, JICA Partner To Boost Startups In North East
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have mapped out strategies to boost startup businesses in Nigeria’s North East region ravaged by insurgency. This was the crux of the NITDA-JICA North East ...
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