Pipeline Surveillance Contract: Senate throws weight behind Tompolo  …says nothing wrong engaging non-state actors The Senate yesterday expressed support for the N48 billion pipeline surveillance contract awarded to a firm owned by High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo. Sen. Albert Akpan, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream) said this on Tuesday in Abuja,

Wike commends President Buhari for releasing accruable funds to Niger Delta states since 1999 …Says Delta, Akwa Ibom, Edo and Bayelsa were among states paid The Governor of Rivers State, Barr. Nyesom Wike, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving all the monies accruable to the Niger Delta states since1999. Wike explained that part of

Stop marginalizing Ijaws in Edo state or else… – Okaba, INC president warns …Says Ijaws are not strangers in Edo state Professor Benjamin Okaba, the President, Ijaw National Congress, INC, has called on those marginalizing the Ijaw speaking people in Edo State to desist from such act or face the anger of over 15 million

Zarah, NPDC boss visits Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom [PHOTOS] Mr. Ali Muhammad Zarah, Managing Director, Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), on Sunday, November 13, 2022, paid a courtesy visit to the great Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, at his palace in Oporoza, the ancestral headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom. Speaking

NEW NAIRA NOTES: 3 governors planning to pay workers’ salaries in cash, EFCC reveals The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it is monitoring at least three state governors who hoarded billions of naira in their houses. EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said this followed the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

FLOOD: Niger Delta Reps call for resignation of humanitarian minister Niger Delta Caucus of the House of Representatives, on Monday, called for the immediate resignation or sack of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, over her recent comments on the 2022 flood situation in the country. Recall that

President Buhari sends nominees for NDDC board to Senate – Niger Delta Minister The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Umana Okon Umana, has confirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted names of members of the new substantive Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Senate for screening. Umana expressed delight that some

Ndiomu, Amnesty boss meets Tompolo, says PAP has lost focus, failed many Niger Deltans ..Bring back PAP to its initial aim and objective – Pere of Gbaramatu urges The newly appointed Interim administrator of the presidential amnesty programme (PAP), Major-Gen. Barry Ndiomu (rtd), has stated that the agency has lost its focus and veered off

INEC to conduct Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi governorship elections November 2023 The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has announced November 11, 2023, for the conduct of governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states. The Commission approved the timetable at its weekly meeting on Tuesday, held on Tuesday in Abuja. ALSO READ: INEC delists 1.1m newly

OFFICIAL: Kogi receives first payment of 13 percent derivation fund as oil producing state …emerges first Northern oil producing state  The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has confirmed the receipt of first payment of the 13 percent derivation fund as an oil producing state. Governor Bello disclosed this during the State Executive Council meeting on

NDDC: Buhari appoints Audu-Ohwavborua as acting Managing Director President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday appointed a new Managing Director, Engr. Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua, for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, the appointment is in an acting capacity pending the appointment of a substantive managing director.

Senate summons Niger Delta minister over alleged plot to divert NDDC’s 480b funds The Senate has summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Umana Okon Umana, over alleged plot to siphon N480 billion intervention fund belonging to the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC and domicile it in the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, without

Army chief flags off ‘Exercise Still Water’ to curb oil theft in Niger Delta The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant Gen. Farouk Yahaya, on Tuesday flagged off three joint military exercises to curb oil theft, banditry, cultism, kidnapping and other criminalities across the country. The joint military exercises namely, Exercise Golden Dawn is expected to

Wike endorses Sanwo-Olu for second term, donates N300 million to Lagos women Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday declared total support for the re-election bid of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the 2023 general elections. Wike who has been running battle with his political party, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over the emergency

[PHOTOS] NNPCL, top security agencies, others visit newly discovered illegal pipeline in Delta Senior officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), top security personnel and the media, today, inspected the newly discovered illegal crude oil pipeline connected to the Trans Forcados Export Trunkline and linked to an abandoned platform in the high sea

BREAKING: Finally, ASUU suspends strike 8-months after The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old strike conditionally. The union decided to suspend the strike during a meeting of its leadership that started on Thursday night and lasted into the early hours of Friday. The meeting was called by the union to determine

Niger Delta: New amnesty boss orders probe of workers over sales of scholarship slots …Slots sold to non-Niger Deltans as high as N650,000 The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu (rtd), has ordered an investigation into the alleged sale of scholarship slots by some staff members of the agency. According to

RIVERS: Wike appoints 14,000 advisers, 319 liaison officers Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has appointed 14,000 advisers for various political units in the state. In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri on Tuesday, the governor said the advisers will play a vital role in the administration. ALSO READ: Wike demands

Ebikeme, APC Chieftain congratulates Omo-Agege on award of National Honour …says award will usher victory for DSP in the forthcoming Delta guber race The Director General, Contact and Mobilization, Ovie Omo Agege Campaign Organization, Chief Bosin Ebikeme, has joined the list of prominent Nigerians that congratulated the Deputy Senate President, Obarisi Ovie Omo Agege, on

Details of how Nigerian military set ablaze the ship intercepted by Tompolo conveying stolen crude oil to Ghana The illegal oil bunkering vessel recently arrested with about 600 to 650 tons of illegally lifted crude oil in five compartments in Niger Delta creek was on Monday, October 10, 2022, destroyed by Officers of the Nigerian

[EXCLUSIVE] Tompolo intercepts massive vessel loaded with illegal crude oil in Delta “The Tantita security personnel further added that he was offered a bribe of N25m to let the ship go but he turned down the offer.” The pipeline surveillance contract recently awarded to Tantita Security Services Limited by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited

Wike demands N5m from political parties to hold rally in Rivers state Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike, has signed Executive Order 21 to prohibit the use of public schools for political parties without approval from the Ministry of Education. Wike said applicants would also deposit the sum of five million Naira (N5m) caution fees

Nigerian senate orders NUPRC to return Atala Oil (OML 46) to original owners The Nigerian Senate on Thursday ordered the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission ( NUPRC ), to restore the Atala Marginal Oil field ( OML 46) to its former owners. Speaking in Abuja during an investigative hearing, Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges

BREAKING: Tinubu returns from London President candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has returned to Nigeria after observing a 10-day rest in the United Kingdom. He was received by a delegation led by his running mate Senator Kashim Shettima, former APC chair Adams Oshiomhole and others. He alighted from the

[PHOTOS] Bayelsa governor meets Buhari in Aso Rock Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Governor Diri, who was accompanied to the meeting by his predecessor, Senator Seriake Dickson, former Military Governor of Rivers State and Amanyanabo of Twon Brass, King Alfred Diete-Spiff,

World Teachers’ Day: NUT tells Nigerian governors to pay salary arrears The Nigeria Union of Teachers on Tuesday called on state governors that owe teachers salary arrears to use their remaining months in office to pay off the arrears. The union’s Secretary-General, Dr Mike Ike-Ene, made the call in an interview with the News Agency

How ‘Yahoo Boys’ protests against EFCC turned violent, bloody in Delta Tuesday’s protest embarked upon by youths against the operations of the anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Delta State has turned violent and bloody. The protesters alleged incessant harassment, molestation and arrest by officials of the anti-graft agency. However, the protest