The upward trend in oil and gas exploration activities persisted in February as the rig count, an index of measuring upstream activities, rose year-on-year, YoY, by 23 per cent to 16, in February 2024, from 11 in the corresponding period of…
The national body of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), literally moved its secretariat to Oporoza, traditional headquarters, Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State, on Saturday, March 3, 2024. Just as the union honoured Chief Government Ekpemupolo, Aka Tompolo, ex-militant warlord, with its Internal…
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu over the state of infrastructural development in the Niger Delta region particularly roads and railway projects, which he, pointed out, had been planned but abandoned. However,…
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said those responsible for the killing of 17 military personnel at Okuama community in Delta State are not residents of the Niger Delta communities. Mr Akpabio stated this during plenary on Tuesday. PREMIUM TIMES…
Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has announced the company’s effort in tackling cases of oil theft in the country, stating that 6,409 illegal refineries had been deactivated in the Niger…
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…
Shell needs to take “responsibility for its toxic legacy of pollution” and safely decommission its abandoned oil infrastructure before divesting from the onshore oil industry in the Niger Delta, a report on Shell’s environmental impact said. A report by the Somo published on…
President Bola Tinubu has approved three new directives in the oil and gas sector to introduce fiscal incentives for related projects, reduce contracting costs and timelines, and promote cost efficiency in local content requirements. This followed “extensive engagements, analyses, and…
International organizations, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), Stakeholders Democracy Network (SDN) and others have urged the federal government to stop the divestment plan by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) until clean-up and decommissioning issues are addressed in Niger…
The Interim Administrator, the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Maj. Gen. Barry Ndiomu (retd), has said a total of 1,659 beneficiaries of the scheme’s scholarships are now graduates. According to him, the beneficiaries graduated from offshore universities The PUNCH reports that the…