Category: Niger Delta
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BREAKING: Osubi airport resumes commercial flights operations
Osubi airport, located in Osubi, Okpe Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta has resumed commercial flights operations to serve the people of Warri. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the federal government approved reopening of the Osubi airport for daylight operations in March, 2021. The Osubi airport was closed in February 2020, following controversy involving aviation service providers…
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Zoning did not make Okowa governor – Okowa’s CPS
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Delta State, Mr Olisa Ifeajika has said it was not the zoning arrangement in the State that brought Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to power. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Mr Ifeajika stated this while speaking with journalists at the State Government House in Asaba on Thursday. Ifeajika said it was…
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Police nab 3 robbery suspects in Delta
The Police Command in Delta has apprehended three robbery suspects who allegedly specialised in dispossessing people of their valuables in Warri South. The acting spokesman of the Command, DSP Edafe Bright, said this on Tuesday in Warri when briefing journalists on the command’s activities. Bright said that the alleged suspects: Godbless Joseph, Ovoke Akpovikanyen and…
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PIB: Host communities provision is a time bomb – Gov Diri warns
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has warned that the definition of a host community in the just passed Petroleum Industry Bill by the National Assembly was a time bomb if not properly addressed. He also restated the position of governors of the southern states that it was an injustice to allot three per cent…
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PIB: Host communities to receive $500m annually – Senate
Host communities will receive half a billion dollars annually, as funding from the three per cent approved for Host Communities Trust Fund in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), the Senate has said. Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream, Sen. Mohammed Sabo said this when he briefed newsmen on Thursday shortly after the senate passed the…
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PIB: Omo-Agege, Manager, Sekibo try in vain to persuade Senate to increase contributions to host communities
Efforts by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) and other Niger Delta Senators to demand for an upward review of contributions by oil companies to host communities of the Niger Delta region on Thursday met a brick wall from lawmakers. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Senate passed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) during…
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PIB: Reps adopt committee report, schedule bill for third reading and final passage
The House of Representatives on Thursday adopted the report on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) for passage at the Committee of the Whole. The Executive bill, which sought to reform the oil and gas sector and ensure its governance met with best global standards, was presented by the Chairman of House Committee on PIB, Rep.…
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Suspend proposed sale of Niger Delta Power Holding Company now, Reps tell FG
…insist FG can’t sell company belonging to three tiers of Govt …set up panel to probe alleged sale By Emman Ovuakporie The House of Representatives on Thursday set up a panel to investigate the proposed sale of Niger Delta Power Holding Company by the Federal Government to fund the 2021 budget insisting the move should…
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BREAKING: Finally, Senate fixes date to consider joint committee report on PIB
The Nigerian Senate has finally fixed a date to consider the report of the Joint Committee on Petroleum (Downstream); Petroleum (Upstream) and Gas Resources on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), 2021 (SB. 510). TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Senate President Ahmad Lawan made this known on Tuesday, saying the Senate will consider the joint committee report on…
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VIDEO: Watch Hon Kenneth Ogba dancing few hours before his death
…sources say he was angered in the meeting before slumping A video has emerged online showing Hon Kenneth Ogba, the lawmaker representing Isoko South Constituency 1 dancing few hours before he collapsed at a meeting and died last Sunday. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports more facts emerged after the young lawmaker died that he was angered by…