The All Progressives Congress, along with its candidate in the Bayelsa State governorship poll, Timipre Sylva, called a total of 52 witnesses, including a former Commissioner of Police in the state, Akeem Alausa, to close their case at the election…
Timipre Sylva, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 11 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, says he must come back as governor because Bayelsa State is in a mess. The former Minister of State for Petroleum…
THE SUN The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has carpeted the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, for not doing enough to protect the interest of the Niger Delta region in the N621.2 billion road projects to be undertaken…
THE GUARDIAN Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, yesterday, announced the creation of the Nigerian Content Research and Development Fund with an initial seed capital of $50 million. Sylva, who spoke at the second Nigeria Content Development and…
PUNCH NEWS Ijaw youths from the states in the Niger Delta region have declared that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.); and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, are no longer welcome to the region over…
THISDAY The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said the oil and gas sector accounts for about 10 per cent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Sylva added that crude oil exports represented about 86 per cent of…
THE GUARDIAN The Federal Government would engage with oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta over the three per cent equity allocated to them in the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, gave…
THIS DAY Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Mr. Timipre Sylva, has stated that the federal government will continue to ramp up its current domestic gas expansion drive as well as its monetisation programme to increase the country’s supply of 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…
ECONOMIC CONFIDENTIAL The Niger Delta Non-Violence Agitators Forum has said the opposition to the $1.5bn proposed by the Federal Government for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery is needless. The organisation also said going to court to ensure that…
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