Niger Delta: IPMAN tasks EFCC to support fight against oil theft
2023: I’ll make Niger Delta great – Amaechi
2023: We’ll support presidential candidate with plans for Niger Delta – Ijaw Youths
Dikio rolls out plans to avert new wave of militancy
Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), Interim Administrator of Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has announced plans to create a special project to dissuade a new generation of agitators in the Niger Delta. He explained that the project tagged, the Niger Delta Stabilisation Programme would involve a massive reorientation programme targeting youths between the ages of 12 […]
Niger Delta people should take responsibility of fighting corruption in NDDC – EFCC
150 women, girls killed for rituals in Niger Delta in 2 years – PIND
Ex-militants back Dikio, urge NSA to ignore allegations against him
Former agitators under the aegis of Delta Ex-agitators have implored the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, to ignore allegations of one Kingsley Muturu, against the Interim Administrator of Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dikio (Rtd). Muturu, who claimed to be the leader of Phase 2, Delta State chapter of the PAP, had accused […]
Niger Delta deserves better, pay them for damages – Uranta to FG
A non-governmental organisation, Optimistic Outlook, has urged the Federal Government to pay reparations to the Niger Delta for the degradation and pollution it has suffered since oil was first discovered in commercial quantity in Oloibiri in the late 1950s. The call was made by the Executive Director of Optimistic Outlook, Mr Somi Uranta, who spoke […]
Presidency seeks review of Petroleum Refining Regulations Act
The presidency has called for the review of the Petroleum Refining Regulations of 1974 to address the environmental pollution caused by refining activities in the Niger Delta. This was contained in the resolution reached at the end of the stakeholders’ emergency meeting convened by the Senior Special Assistant on Niger Delta to President Senator Ita […]
Victims of Bonga oil spill ask Shell to pay $3.4billion fine
Victims of the 2011 Bonga oil spill under the Artisan Fishermen Association of Nigeria (AFRAN), Niger Delta Chapter have asked Shell Petroleum and Development Company (SPDC) to pay them the sum of $3.4billion as imposed by the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency. This was demanded on Sunday, in a communique signed by Chairman, […]
Ex-militants beg companies to return to Niger Delta
Ex-agitators have pleaded with companies that relocated from the Niger Delta following insecurity initiated by militancy to return to the region. The former militants, in their plea, promised the companies uninterrupted peace on their return. Speaking during a regional peace summit to sensitise people on the need to advance the peace currently enjoyed in the […]
People of Niger Delta are the ones marginalising themselves – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has berated the leaders and people of Ogoni ethnic nationality for promoting disunity among themselves while blaming the backwardness of their area on others. Governor Wike made the accusation at the 30th celebration of Ogoni Day with the theme, “Leaving no one behind”, that held at the Birabi Memorial […]