Form a body in Niger Delta, NDDC tells ex-agitators
Mr Nsima Ekere, the Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has called on ex-agitators and youths to form an umbrella body to negotiate Read more
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FG orders developers in Niger Delta to resume work within 30 days
The federal goverment has given contractors 30 days to resume delayed development projects in the Niger Delta oil region or face prosecution, the presidency said Read more
Niger Delta people deserve a better deal: Osinbajo
Nigerians in the Niger Delta deserve a fair deal, according to the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, who outlined the vision of the Buhari administration Read more
FG directs oil companies to relocate headquarters to Niger-Delta
UYO-Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has directed the International Oil Companies operating in the Niger-Delta region to relocate their headquarters to their States of operation Read more
Corruption: NDDC bought eight vehicles worth N560m – Sagay
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), on Thursday, said corruption was omnipresent in the country with all segments Read more
Osinbajo meets investors on Niger Delta Gas Park
The Federal Government opened talks with a consortium of investors to build a $20 billion gas industrial park in Niger Delta. Tagged the Gas Revolution Industrial Read more
Acting President Osibanjo Resumes Fresh Peace Talk In Niger Delta
YENAGOA/ABUJA, Nigeria Feb 9 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s vice president will visit the oil-producing Delta region on Friday, police said, as the government seeks to broker Read more
Niger Delta sabotage cuts OPEC output
OPEC oil output in December fell from a record high ahead of a deal to cut production, a Reuters survey has found . The survey Read more
FG Resumes Payments to Former Niger Delta Militants
Nigeria has resumed payments of cash stipends to former militants agreed under a 2009 amnesty in the country’s Niger Delta oil hub, a government official said Read more
Nobel Peace Prize for Nigerian leaders?
“Nigeria will reach a deal with Niger Delta militants in 2017.” That is the topmost prediction by SB Morgen, one of the up and coming, Read more
At Ogoni Day, MOSOP cautions indigenes against bunkering
The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has urged the indigenes to guard against illegal bunkering in the area. The group warned that Read more
Nigeria’s Buhari says will pursue peace in restive Niger Delta in 2017
Nigeria’s government will seek a lasting peace settlement with militants in the oil-producing southern Niger Delta region in 2017, President Muhammadu Buhari said in a Read more
Niger Delta Militants threaten more attacks if army campaign continues
By Tife Owolabi LAGOS (Reuters) – A Nigerian militant group threatened on Monday to step up attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta if Read more
Niger Delta Avenger claims attack on Chevron pipeline
Niger Delta Avengers on Tuesday said it had attacked a Chevron pipeline as a warning to international oil groups not to repair damaged infrastructure pending Read more
Military arrests militants, kidnappers, destroys illegal refineries
The military operating in the Niger Delta under ‘Operation Delta Safe’ yesterday said more suspected militants had been apprehend. The military also disclosed that a Read more
Niger Delta Militants Claim Destruction of NPDC Pipeline
Warri — Urhobo/Isoko militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDJM), yesterday claimed it bombed another Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) delivery line in Ughelli Read more
Agip pipeline explosion: Reps fact-finding committee visits Bayelsa
The House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee on Niger Delta and Joint Task Military Force, JTF, has visited Bayelsa State to investigate the cause of last Read more
Niger Delta Communities in Nigeria’s oil hub complain of major oil spill
YENAGOA, Nigeria, Sept 21 (Reuters) – A broken crude pipeline in Nigeria’s Niger Delta oil hub has caused a massive spill polluting around ten communities, Read more