INSTITUTE POSITION OVER THE RECENT DEAL BROKERED BETWEEN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA AND THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2019 IN SOCHI, RUSSIA FOR THE COMPLETION AND COMMISSIONING OF $10 BILLION, 1.3 MILLION TONS PER YEAR, and 98 PER CENT COMPLETED INTEGRATED AJAOKUTA STEEL COMPANY LIMITED (ASCL) STEEL... Read more

The new Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Gbene Dr Joi Nunieh, has assured that the Commission will impact on all rural communities spread across the Niger Delta region. Dr Nunieh, who gave the assurance when she assumed office yesterday at the commission’s headquarters in... Read more

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has described the governors of the nine Niger Delta States as critical stakeholders and partners in the development of the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Director Corporate Affairs, Mr. Charles Obi Odili, who made the disclosure in at the Commission’s Headquarters in Port... Read more

The Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development(AIED), has described the alleged move by the Nigerian government to summarily arrest an investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, for exposing the rot and corruption in the Nigeria Prison Service and Police Force as “nauseating” and “appalling”. In a press release on Tuesday, signed... Read more

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday said that Nigeria would need prayers to overcome its current challenges. Mr Ola Awoniyi, Special Adviser (Media) to the President of the Senate  quoted Lawan to have said this when a delegation of the Christian Legislators’ Fellowship of the National Assembly visited... Read more

The meeting between the organised labour and representatives of the Federal Government has been moved till Wednesday, Oct. 16, to allow for sorting out of all grey areas of contention. A top Labour Official, who pleaded anonymity, hinted that the organised labour had shifted its earlier position from 29... Read more

The United Labour Congress (ULC) president, Mr Joe Ajaero, says the group will not be part of an exercise designed to hoodwink Nigerian workers and masses into believing that their interests are being championed. Ajaero made this known in an interview with newsmen during the ongoing negotiations on minimum... Read more

Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the country’s inflation rate in September 2019 increased by 0.22 per cent to 11.24 per cent from 11.02 per cent recorded in August. It said this in its “Consumer Price Index (CPI), September 2019” released on Tuesday in Abuja. “Increases were recorded... Read more

The Joint Task Force (JTF) code named Operation Delta Safe, (OPDS) averted some 313 sabotage attempts on major crude oil export pipelines in the Niger Delta region. The vandalism incidents occurred between Jan and Sept. 2019. The pipelines are the Trans Niger Delta, Trans Escravos and Trans Ramos lines... Read more