Category: Niger Delta
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Oil spill: Delta communities groan over neglect by Conoil
Residents of Amuokpokpor-Elume and its neighboring communities, both in Sapele and Okpe Local Government Areas of Delta, have decried the impact of oil spillage emanating from the facilities of Conoil Nigeria Limited.
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Police kill robbery gang leader, rescue kidnap victim in Delta
The deceased, who was a notorious armed robber, was felled on Friday by the operatives of ‘B’ Division, Warri patrol team, while on “aberdeen patrol” Edafe said that the patrol team had received information that members of the robbery gang, who had been in the command’s wanted list, were operating within the lower Erejuwa, by…
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Bayelsa pegs petrol price at N230 per litre from N300 per litre
As fuel scarcity continued unabated nationwide, Bayelsa has directed that no fuel station should sell petrol above N230 per litre as against the national price of N165 per litre. Inaugurating a monitoring team on the pricing and distribution of petroleum products in the state, the deputy governor, Mr Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, also directed that no consumer…
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Reps step down motion calling for reconstitution of NDDC board
Apparently disturbed by the deliberate refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to reconstitute the moribund Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, since 2019 a motion calling for the the agency’s board reconstitution was stepped down on Thursday as the promoter was unavoidably absent.
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Rivers APC rebukes Sen Abe over an erroneous claim on Amaechi
The Rivers All Progressives Congress APC has rebuked Senator Magnus Abe over an erroneous claim on the Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi bordering on a press conference allegedly addressed by his political allies. This was contained in a statement issued and signed by the party’s state Chairman, Chief Emeka Beke where he debunked the character…
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How Buhari’s posture of silence is endorsing NDDC’s financial recklessness
President Muhammadu Buhari’s posture of silence might be him endorsing the gross financial recklessness happening in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), a benefit transfer mechanism for the people of the Niger Delta that has become a conduit pipe for a majority few.
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2023: Avoid being partisan but remain watchful – Sen. Abe tells Rivers traditional rulers
Former representative of the Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has advised Rivers traditional rulers to avoid being partisan but remain watchful of things happening around their as 2023 general elections approaches.
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2023: Delta PDP has no written agreement on zoning governorship – Commissioner
Delta Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, has said that the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has no written agreement on zoning for the governorship election, come 2023. Aniagwu disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Asaba.
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Diri unveils monthly empowerment package for Bayelsa residents
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa, on Thursday, announced a monthly empowerment scheme for the people of the state.
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Wike dashing off Rivers’ property to cronies – Dakuku Peterside
The 2015 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, Dr Dakuku Peterside, has accused Governor Nyesom Wike of being on a property acquisition spree. Peterside, a one-time Commissioner for Works, said that Governor Wike had cornered no fewer than 400 houses for himself and his cronies in ways he described as “ridiculous…