NThe Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abdullahi Gana Mohammadu has expressed regrets over the ugly incident that occurred at one of the beats, where personnel of the Corps were deployed to protect the infrastructure of the Lagos Deep shore, Offshore logistics. The Corps boss... Read more
The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Prof Nelson Brambaifa, has described the late Gabriel Okara as a deity of African literature whose voice cannot be stilled. Speaking when he paid a condolence visit to the Okara family in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Professor Brambaifa said... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has urged politicians in the state to take advantage of his post-election peace moves for the development of the state.He made the call on Wednesday in Port Harcourt when the Governing Council of the Rivers State University paid him a congratulatory... Read more
Nigeria’s National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) on Monday reassured that the federal government is committed to rehabilitation of displaced persons. Mrs Sadiya Umar Farouq, Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) gave the assurance at a capacity building workshop... Read more
The University of Coventry in the United Kingdom will next month sign a memorandum of understanding with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to boost education in the Niger Delta region. Speaking at the Port Harcourt International Airport, shortly on arrival from a five-day working visit to some universities in... Read more
No fewer than 12 young entrepreneurs from host communities to the Bonny Oil and Gas Terminal in Rivers State have benefited from a N150 million capacity development and empowerment programme by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC).The SPDC’s General Manager, External Relations, Igo Weli, handed over the... Read more
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN) on Tuesday said some 104 young business owners are benefiting from its entrepreneurship training scheme in Bayelsa. The capacity building programme runs from April 15 to 19. Dr Dikko Radda, Deputy Director of SMEDAN in his remarks, noted thatover 37 million Mico, Small... Read more
The Nembe communities on Sunday said that the host communities to the OML 29 oilfields in Bayelsa have commenced discussions to resolve the conflict with Aiteo, the new operator. Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in 2015 divested its equity in OML 29 and transferred its interest in the oil... Read more
Justice E.T Okara of a Bayelsa High Court on Wednesday admitted four of the five ‘whistleblowers’ accused of conspiracy to rob Gov Seriake Dickson, to bail in the sum of N3 million each. The fifth accused, Mr Tamnatonye Jacob, was on Feb 27, 2019 granted bail to the sum of... Read more
The absence of Justice, Awogboro Abimbola, of Court 2, Federal High Court, Yenagoa on Thursday stalled hearing on a suit filed by Nembe Community seeking to halt renewal of the OML 29 lease. It would be recalled that Abimbola who lost her mother was absent at the resumed hearing... Read more
