A group, Connected Advocacy, a Non-Governmental Organization, has called on traditional leaders in the Niger-Delta region to speak out against environmental injustice currently being experienced in the region and save it for future generations. In a statement, Executive Director of…
THE TIDE The Environmental Rights Action (ERA)/Friends of the Earth Nigeria and other civil society organisations have disagreed with the ongoing divestment of the international oil companies (IOCs) in the Niger Delta. The group lamented the health effects the activities…
VANGUARD NEWS PAN- Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to issue a presidential order directing International Oil Companies to relocate their operational headquarters to the Niger Delta region latest March 2022. The group in a statement, yesterday,…
THE SUN Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has blamed the delay in completion of the N120 billion Bonny-Bodo road on failure of the Federal government to pay N60 billion counterpart funding for the project. He asserted that every fund expended so…
THE SUN Bayelsa State government has appealed to the Federal Government to prevail on International Oil Companies (IOCs) to relocate to the Niger Delta without delay. Governor Douye Diri made the appeal over the weekend during his address at the…
THE GUARDIAN The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and South-South Elders’ Forum have berated Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, for saying that International Oil Companies (IOCs) cannot relocate to the Niger Delta region due to insecurity and violence. But…
VANGUARD Eight oil-producing states received N6.589 trillion from the Federation Account under the 13 per cent derivation principle, between 2009 and 2019, with little or no impact on the lives of citizens of the states, according to a report published…
THE NATION The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has scheduled an all-inclusive stakeholders’ meeting to discuss issues affecting the Niger Delta region especially the current management structure of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The President of IYC, Peter Timothy…
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