The Federal Government is said to be owing the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) the sum of ₦1.8 trillion since its inception 17 years ago. Mr Ibitoye Abosede, Head, Media and Public Affairs, NDDC disclosed this in Uyo at a one-day Media Capacity Building Workshop for members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union […]
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Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell has started gas production from the second phase of the Gbaran-Ubie project in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, the company said on Wednesday. The project is an expansion of the Gbaran-Ubie development which opened in June 2010. Shell, through its Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria subsidiary, said the project would […]
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Months have passed since the Niger Delta Avengers have launched an attack on Nigeria’s oil pipelines, yet leaders in the region are warning trouble is brewing in the southern swamplands. A charm offensive led by acting president Yemi Osinbajo has kept the uprising at bay, with renewed amnesty payments buying calm in the creeks, helping […]
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Nigeria will legalise currently outlawed mini refineries in the Niger Delta oil hub by the end of the year and supply them with crude at a reasonable price, the presidency said on Thursday, fulfilling demands from community leaders. On Monday, Niger Delta leaders threatened to pull out of peace talks with the government unless their […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, has raised the alarm that oil extraction has destroyed rural livelihoods in the Niger Delta region and that desertification has become the root cause of the constant clashes between herdsmen and farmers in different parts of the country. The Executive Director of ERA/FoEN, Dr. Godwin Uyi […]
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A develop-mental economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has warned that cases of cancer would be on the increase in the Niger Delta if the ongoing environmental degradation arising from gas flaring in the region remains unchecked. Utomi, who gave the warning in his keynote address at the 2nd mid-year national conference of the Women’s Wing of […]
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A Nigerian labor union on today called for the close down of all ExxonMobil Corp facilities in the Niger Delta, a union representative said. Reuters was unable to independently verify whether union members had shut down the company’s facilities. Oil industry sources said there had been no impact on production. Madubuezi Azubuike, who chairs the […]
Read More Strategy outlined out to end the militancy in the Niger Delta and push for economic development in the region will be ready in about four weeks’ time, the Federal Government has said. It stated that thorough consultations were currently taking place, adding that stakeholders in the region as well as governors of states in the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to head the special presidential delegation charged with the task of resolving the crisis in the Niger Delta region. The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, on Monday in Abuja said the choice of Osinbajo as leader of the […]
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Nigeria’s southern oil-rich Rivers state on Saturday backed a government call for major oil companies to move their offices to the Niger delta region, as part of measures to stem unrest in the oil-rich area. Attacks by rebels seeking a fairer share of Nigeria’s multi-billion-dollar oil wealth for local residents have slashed output and hammered […]
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There appears confusion among militants in the Niger Delta over the recent call by President Muhammadu Buhari for dialogue and peace in the oil-rich region. While some of the militant groups pledged to work with the President for peace to reign in the region, the Niger Delta Peoples Democratic Front tasked the Federal Government to do […]
Read More The Federal Government will hold a meeting with community leaders and representatives of militants from the Niger Delta next week in Abuja to end the insurgents’ attacks on oil facilities in the southern region, two government sources told Reuters on Monday. Attacks on the country energy facilities by groups calling for the Delta region to […]
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