The Niger Delta Volunteers for Good Governance (NDVFGG) has threatened a breach of public peace to register its protest over perceived marginalisation of Edo and Delta States in the appointment of principal officers into the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). The NDVFGG vowed to mobilise for “a total lock down of economic activities” within the Niger…
Wike Says Niger Delta is Not Marginalised
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that contrary to popular notion in the region, the Niger Delta is not marginalised by anyone. The governor who was speaking at the 2022 Ogoni Day celebration at Bori said rather it was the people of the region that had been marginalising themselves by selling out to enemies…
We Are Committed to the Restoration of Niger Delta Ecosystem – NDDC Boss
The Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Efiong Akwa, has said that the commission was committed to restoring the ecosystem of the Niger Delta for the benefit of the people of the Niger Delta region. Akwa, who spoke during a special programme in commemoration of this year’s World Environment Day, in Port…
Traffic Crisis Hits Port Harcourt as Vital Bridge Caves in
There was serious traffic on Thursday along the vital Eleme section of the East – West Road when the heavy rain of Wednesday night washed off an end of the Aleto bridge near the Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Limited and cut off the use of one side of the dual carriageway. It was the second time…
SPDC Reports 51 Broken Pipelines in Niger Delta
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, SPDC, has said that it has recorded 51 oil spills from its facilities in the Niger Delta this year. This was contained in a report of Shell’s spills incident PORTAL on Tuesday. According to the company, 44 of the spills were caused by sabotage by vandals while seven of…
Sack NDDC Sole Admin Now or We Shut Down Oil Facilities, Block Entry Points to Edo, Angry Youths Tell Buhari
Calls for Akpabio’s Resignation. [responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Angry youths in their hundreds on Friday threatened to shut down all oil installations in Edo State, as well as the East-west Road and other access roads to the state if the president, Muhammadu Buhari, did not sack the sole administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC whom…
Niger Delta rejects Petroleum Industry Bill
[responsivevoice] Some eminent leaders of the Niger Delta region have rejected the Petroleum Industry Bill before the National Assembly, saying it does not meet the expectations of oil producing communities. The National Coordinator of the South South Elders Forum, Anab Sara Igbe, said the PIB bill is a charade designed to distract the people of…
Sack NDDC Interim Management Now – Itse Sagay tells Buhari
Insists forensic audit can be done under regular board. The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, (PACAC) Prof. Itse Sagay has suggested a clean sweep of the embattled management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, amidst the multi-billion naira scandal rocking the interventionist agency. Sagay, senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, who described…
Dissolved NDDC Board set up to Ensure ‘Business as Usual’ – Alasoadura
…Says almost N3 trillion expended with no result The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs is upbeat about the dissolution of the erstwhile Pius Odubu-led board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Minister of State for the ministry, Senator Tayo Alasoadura, who accused some people he did not name of having rushed to constitute the…
DESOPADEC Board: Ijaw Community Threatens Shut-Down of Oil Facility
Gives Okowa Five-Day Ultimatum Angry youths from Diebiri Kingdom in Warri South West local government area of Delta State on Tuesday stormed the Delta State House of Assembly complex, Asaba to protest their alleged denial of membership of the board of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC. At the time of the…
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