Category: Niger Delta
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NDDC clarifies status of Abraka-Oben Road project
Mr Patrick Asowerien, the Commissioner Representing Edo State on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board, clarified on Friday that the Abraka-Oben road project has not been completed.
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Ogoni women reject planned resumption of oil activities
A coalition of 17 Ogoni women groups in Rivers has strongly opposed the Federal Government’s proposed resumption of crude oil extraction in Ogoniland.
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Navy deactivates 4 illegal refining sites in Delta
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) Escravos of the Nigerian Navy has deactivated four illegal refining sites in Warri South-West Local Government in Delta.
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Navy deactivates 4 illegal refining sites in Delta
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) Escravos of the Nigerian Navy has deactivated four illegal refining sites in Warri South-West Local Government in Delta. Navy Capt. Ikenna Okoloagu, the Commanding Officer of the FOB, Escravos disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Warri.
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Ogoni people present conditions to Tinubu for resumption of oil activities
The Ogoni people have demanded the creation of Bori State, to be formed from the Eleme, Gokana, Khana, and Tai Local Government Areas (LGAs) that make up Ogoniland.
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Obololi Spill: Shell shuts Nun River-Kolo Creek crude oil line in Bayelsa
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) on Friday announced that it has shut crude feeds into the 16 inch Nun River-Kolo Creek crude trunkline. The development follows an oil leak on the pipeline at Obololi community, a
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Cross River assembly condemns petition seeking Bakassi’s delisting from LGAs
The Cross River State House of Assembly has strongly condemned a petition sent to President Bola Tinubu by a group identified as the Indigenous Displaced People of Bakassi, urging the federal government to delist Bakassi from Nigeria’s 774 local government areas.
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PANDEF asks Tinubu to sign South-South commission bill into law
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to sign into an Act, the bill for the South-South Development Commission.
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Navy arrests 9 suspected oil thieves in Akwa Ibom
The Nigerian Navy, Operation Delta Sanity 2, has arrested nine suspected oil thieves at a wellhead, located at about 26 nautical miles offshore in Akwa Ibom.
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A’Ibom to host maiden N/Delta Sports Festival
Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom has expressed the willingness of the state to ensure quality hosting of the maiden edition of the Niger Delta Sports Festival. Eno said this on Friday when a delegation of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) led by its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, paid a