Agitations in Nigeria’s honey-pot region, the Niger-Delta, have been known to be belligerent over time, since oil exploration began to effect its impacts on the zone. The demands for amnesty in compensation for the degradation of the region’s habitat owing…
Oil and Gas expert, former Legal Adviser, Managing Counsel LegislativeDevelopment with Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, Barr. Madaki Ameh, has described as appalling the environmental practices of the company in its dealings with host communities in the Niger…
The Economic Sustenance Group (ESG), non- partisan advocacy, has urged stakeholders in the Niger-Delta and other oil producing communities to support the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the fight against crude oil thieves in the region. The group said available…
By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D For the record and for posterity, it is imperative to state that oil found in the Niger Delta region belongs to the people of the area. It is not owned by Nigeria. God provided every habitat…
Some monarchs and civil society groups in the Niger Delta have dragged the National Assembly to the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking a restraining order in the continued use of the 1999 constitution in the operations and exploration of…
A local government in the Niger Delta is disputing the conclusion of an investigation over who was to blame for a five-week oil spill, with potentially significant implications for affected communities’ prospects of securing compensation. Lagos-based Aiteo Eastern E&P Co.…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has called for collaboration among stakeholders to tackle the challenges of pollution and reverse the environmental degradation in the region. The NDDC Interim Administrator, Dr. Efiong Akwa, made the call on Wednesday during the second meeting…
By Bassey Williams, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Governor, His Excellency Senator Douye Diri has urged the mulit- nationals in oil and gas industry to relocate their headquarters to Niger Delta States where they are having their operational activities. Governor Diri…
What is known to have a root for several forms of aggression in the Niger Delta region at the wake of militancy responses in protest of what was described as agitations against neglect of their land amid degradation of the…
By Dave Okpogadie, Asaba In its determination to tackle unemployment and youth restiveness through entrepreneurship in the Niger Delta states, the Federal Government (FG) has commenced a partnership with UFUGOLD Projects Services Limited to train and empower youths of the…
