Category: Niger Delta
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Festus Keyamo, Delta commissioner bag ‘outstanding achievement’ award [PHOTOS]
The Uvwie General Improvement Union held its grand send-forth reception in Lagos on Sunday, with the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, Commissioner for Economic Planning, and chairman of the state CARES steering
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Delta community protests against Seplat over negligence, threatens to shut down facility
Ugbokodo community in Okpe local government area of Delta State on Friday staged a peaceful protest against Seplat Energy over what the community has described as gross negligence.
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Senator reveals those behind crude oil theft in Niger Delta
Sen. Seriake Dickson (PDP-Bayelsa West) on Friday described those behind oil theft in the Niger Delta as “big players” who reside outside the region.
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Baylesa: Oil communities, firms differ on migration to PIA template
Oil communities in Bayelsa have resisted moves by oil firms to suspend social obligations under the old Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) for the new template in Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), 2021. The PIA directs the operating firms to set aside three per cent of t
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Aiteo shuts OML 29 field in Bayelsa
Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO), operator of the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 on Wednesday announced that the shutting of its Nembe Oilfields following a leak.
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Senate urges conversion of Oloibiri Shell Airstrip to NAF base
The Senate has urged the Ministry of Aviation to handover the abandoned Shell Airstrip in Oloibiri, Bayelsa to the Nigerian Air Force for conversion into its base.
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Reps to probe 20 years NDDC contract abandoned in Bayelsa
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the abandoned erosion protection contract in Kolokuma/Opokuma in Bayelsa, awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
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Oborevwori decries under-development of South-South
Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta on Tuesday, decried the receding coastlines, declining aquaculture and extreme weather conditions as measure hindering the sustainable development of the South-South region of Nigeria.
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NDDC inaugurates electricity substation in Edo
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has inaugurated the 1x15MVA 33/11KV electricity injection substation worth N248 million at Amufi in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo.
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Illegal refinery operators arrested in Rivers
Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested 5 suspects for allegedly involved in illegal refining of crude oil stolen from pipelines in Odagwa community in Etche area of Rivers.