The GbaramatuVoice was established in 2015 as a monthly tabloid published by the Gbaramatu Publishing Company Limited. It hit the newsstand first on August 2015. The newspaper’s sole objective is to bring to public glare what the management saw at the cradle of its formation as information gap and asymmetrical reportage of the activities and people of the Niger Delta.
The people of Agge, Kandaghan and Ekogbene communities in Bayelsa state are spoiling for a fight with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) over issues arising from the May 17 crude oil spill from the company’s Trans-Ramos Pipeline. The communities expressed displeasure at SPDC’s response and management of the spill, and threatening to stop the ongoing repair work
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has moved to tackle the problems of potable water, energy and food scarcity in the Niger Delta region and the nation, through engagement of secondary school students in science and innovation. Speaking, on Monday, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the General Manager, External Relations of Shell, Igo Weli, said
The Chairman/Managing Director, Chevron Nigeria Limited, Mr. Jeff Ewing has called for collaboration by all stakeholders for the achievement of sustained investment and growth in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. Jeff, who made the call while contributing to the panel discussion on “Unlocking Nigeria’s Investment Potential,” at the Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) conference
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the country will increase crude oil reserves by one billion barrels yearly to meet 40 billion barrels target by 2020. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Maikanti Baru, who spoke yesterday at the ongoing Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) conference and exhibition in Abuja, said the
The Niger Delta Activists Forum (NDAF) has warned of planned attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta belonging to Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC). Addressing a press conference on Sunday, the group said host communities in the region have declared ‘Operation zero barrels’ for the company over its “disregard and total disrespect” for the
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari, to remove obstacles delaying commencement of work on the Brass Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) and refinery project in the state. Speaking at a stakeholder’s meeting of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Yenagoa, the governor said the lack of federal projects
The National Assembly has finally transmitted the final harmonised copy of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. Victor Nwokolo who is the Chairman Petroleum Upstream of the House of Representatives and Comrade Akinlaja Joseph who is the Chairman Petroleum Committee Downstream in the House told newsmen on Friday President Buhari
…Staff to participate in 2018 AWAREs programme at PAU …We thank Chevron for this gesture – Abai, Publisher In recognition of its leading media position in the Niger Delta region, Chevron Nigeria Limited, an operator of the Chevron/Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) joint venture has offered a scholarship opportunity to the GbaramatuVoice media house. This
A Court in London will deliver judgment on Friday in a case filed by lawyers for the Bodo community in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta. The lawyers, went to court in London to fend off what they said was an attempt by Shell to kill off their litigation. The community was devastated by two major oil
The Federal Government on Monday announced that about N1.7tn would be invested by various stakeholders in the Niger Delta between this year and 2021. It said the fund would be spent on the development of the region, adding that about N50bn had been spent on the payment of stipends to ex-militants from the area. The
“A situation where you are paying people N65,000 every month to keep quiet, that does not solve the problem. If you multiply N65,000 by the number of militants and by the number of years the programme had been running, you are looking at close to N50 billion.
Dishing what sounded like the final warning, the Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, has urged multinational oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region, which declined to relocate their operational headquarters to the area notwithstanding several directives from the Federal Government, to vacate the oil-rich region. Giving this directive recently in Warri Delta state via
…as Committee on PIB meets oil communities The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has decried the poor state of affairs in oil producing communities and has proposed a Livelihood Sustainability Programme to address the developmental gaps in the communities. He made the proposition on Friday, in Benin City, while receiving members of the
Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has said the Petroleum Industry Bill should be taken seriously as it will reduce the level of hostilities and lack of trust between the host communities and oil companies. Speaking when members of the Senate Joint Committee on Petroleum Industry Bill led by Senator Omotayo Alasaodura paid him
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has spent $396.33m on turn around maintenance (TAM) of the nation’s four refineries between 1998 and 2008, it emerged yesterday. This as the oil company denies being responsible for the payment of fuel subsidy, saying the Federal government was responsible. NNPC Documents made available to the Mohammed Datti-led Ad-hoc Committee
The University of Lagos says it is planning to set up a modular refinery and obtain a mining license to operate it. Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, made this disclosure shortly after his investiture as the 12th Vice Chancellor of the institution, on Tuesday in Lagos. In his acceptance speech, Ogundipe promised to take the institution to its
There are indications that the legal tussle surrounding Nigeria’s oil blocks – OPL 245 – will shift to Nigeria today as the federal high court, Lagos is scheduled to hear a case filed by the Human Environmental Development Agenda, HEDA. The rights group has demanded the Federal Government to revoke the oil licence awarded to
The Management of Tonwei Refinery Limited has concluded plans to build a conventional petroleum refinery in Siluko community of Ovia South-West Local Government Area of Edo. Osaro Aghedo, the Chief Press Secretary of the local government council, disclosed this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Benin. Aghedo
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, has announced it would exit gas flaring in two years time. Baru made the announcement while delivering the lead paper on a panel session at the ongoing 50th Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), in Houston, United States of America. The corporation’s Group
There are indications that the Federal Government is considering the establishment of oil and gas industrial parks in some oil producing states in Nigeria. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, made the disclosure during the ground-breaking of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park being developed by the Nigerian Content Development
Ogoni people in the four Local Government Areas of Khana, Gokana, Tai and Eleme of Rivers State have declared that they will never allow resumption of oil production in the marginalised area, without broad-based discussion with the masses of Ogoni people. They called on the Federal Government to initiate the broad-based discussion with Ogoni people,
The crisis bugging the largest oil block in the Niger Delta, OML 30, seemed to escalate further yesterday as 24 host communities threatened to shut operations down at the flow stations within cluster 10 any moment soon. This was part of resolutions reached at the end of a meeting of the Forum of Pipelines and
In spite of security concerns in the Niger Delta, Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, will later this year kick-start its expenditure plans on oil and gas projects worth $15 billion. On April 18, a delegation of Royal Dutch Shell, the parent company of SPDC, led by Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive Officer, CEO, met with
Nigeria’s oil production output suffered a setback yesterday as members of the host communities to Oil Mining Lease (OML) 30 in Delta state took over two flow stations in protest of alleged lack of faith by the operators of the lease. While men, women and youths from Orogun and Kokori, under Cluster 4 of OML
American oil giants, Chevron, on Friday, received an award for sustained support for small businesses in Nigeria. Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the NNPC/CNL Joint Venture, received the award during the 4th edition of the Sub-Sahara Africa Upstream Oil and Gas summit and exhibition held in Abuja. The Summit was organized by Zenith Professional Training
…we adhered strictly to the tenets of our engagement with our hosts – Company A brewing disagreement between the operators of the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 30; Heritage Energy Operational Services (HEOS) and its 111 host communities is threatening production in the nation’s largest oil field. Expressing their dissatisfaction with alleged breach of agreements by
…we are committed to fulfilling our obligations – Chevron Local Content Contractors (LCC) across Ijaw communities in Delta State on Thursday, shut down the premises of Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), Warri as they protest against what they termed the marginalization of their members by the American oil giants. Meanwhile, the management of the oil company
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the NNPC/CNL Joint Venture received an oil and gas company award for the best company in Media Relations and Support during the Energie Platform Lecture and Award event organized by D’Alphaxristi Limited, a media/business development outfit at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on March 16, 2018.
…says; “we are equal opportunities employers” Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) has denied discriminating against its host communities while considering people for employment in its operations. The company in a statement issued by its General Manager, Policy, Government and public Affairs, Mr. Esimaje Brikinn, said its employment practices is based on the availability of space and
…warns against mass action by youths The President of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Eric Omare, has drawn the attention of the Federal Government and other relevant stakeholders to Chevron’s discriminatory policy on employment of Niger Delta host community indigenes, as he called on both the state and federal governments to prevail on Chevron before
Oil producing communities from the Niger Delta on Tuesday protested alleged non-payment of land owners by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). The protesters besieged the gate of the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. They decried alleged payment of discriminatory land re-acquisition and rentals for land by the oil company. The oil producing communities, who came
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said four oil and gas wells were being planned for drilling on the Gongola Basin to further test the prospects identified around the Kolmani River-1, Nasara-1 and Kuzari-1 in 2018. The corporation said the drilling of the wells would go on while it awaits the return of normalcy to
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Dr. Ibe Kachikwu on Thursday said following the commitment and disposition of the National Assembly, it has become obvious that the harmonized Petroleum Industry Governance Bill will be ready by next month. The Consultant to the National Assembly Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream, Dr. Francis Adigwe had revealed
The Executive Director, Environmental Right Action, (ERA), Dr. Godwin Ojo, says the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) would not address the lingering crisis in the oil-rich Niger Delta, noting that halt of oil spills and gas flaring, the root causes of the agitation in the zone, were not captured in the piece of legislation. He argued that there
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr Makanti Kachalla Baru Wednesday said with the release of staff of corporation captured while exploring oil in the lake chad basin, it will return “with full force” to continue with exploration activities in the basin. The GMD disclosed this at the NNPC Day at
