Tag: Niger Delta
NNPC’s trade surplus increases N5.28bn
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday announced an increase in trading surplus of N5.28 billion in its December 2019 operations compared to the...
Italian court orders trial of Nigerian businessman for role in Malabu...
An Italian judge has ordered a Nigerian businessman to stand trial for alleged international corruption relating to a Nigeria oil graft case involving Eni...
South African court quashes Henry Okah’s appeal challenging terrorism conviction
A High Court in Pretoria, South Africa has turned down the application by the leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the...
The hit squad of Taraba
Olusegun Adeniyi
There is only one rational conclusion to draw after watching
the shocking video of how three senior police officers of an elite
anti-kidnapping squad were...
Presidential amnesty programme trains 16, 000 beneficiaries – Dokubo
The coordinator of the presidential amnesty programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, has said that about 16,000 beneficiaries have graduated under the programme.
Dokubo who stated...
Why oil theft artisanal refining persist in Niger Delta – Stakeholders
Ime Akpan
Stakeholders drawn from the Niger Delta region and littoral
states have said that non-inclusive nature of the multinational oil companies’
operational system in the Niger...
Monarchs warn against militarisation of Niger Delta
Traditional rulers in Delta State have appealed to the
military and other security agencies not to turn the state into a theatre of
war and stop...
South-south Governors’ Forum slams FG over Onnoghen’s trial
Ime Akpan
South-South Governors’ Forum rose from its meeting in Abuja
on Sunday and slammed the federal government’s move to arraign the Chief
Justice of Nigeria (CJN),...
Nigeria’s crude oil production hit 2.09m bpd in 2018 –Baru
Nigeria’s crude oil daily production recorded an upward swing
of about 2.09 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2018, translating to a 9 per
cent increment,...
Senate passes Amnesty Programme Bill
Recommends four-year tenure for programme coordinator
The senate has passed a bill seeking to give legal and institutional framework for the implementation and management...