Benin, Ijaw bicker over renaming of Gelegele community
A group, Benin Solidarity Movement (BSM) worldwide, has challenged a pan-Ijaw group, Izon Ibe Dragnet, over the renaming of Gelegele…
ICT-YEP training scheme meant for only Deltans —Commissioner
Delta State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr Matthew Tsekiri, has emphasised that the four months Information Communication and Technology…
Minister charges firm to speed up production process
Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, has advised Premium Steel and Mines Limited, Warri, Delta State, to speed…
Mobil considers relocation to A’Ibom, inspects govt accommodation facility
Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN), operators of the MPN\NNPC Joint Venture (JV), has started considering plans to relocate its headquarters from…
Edo govt, NEWMAP to acquire hydromet flood early warning system
Determined to tackle the perennial problem of flooding in Edo State during the rainy season, the state government has finalised…
Wastes take over Delta community
The inability of concerned authorities to clear domestic wastes for over three months in Akwuofor community, a suburb in Asaba, …
Unemployment: DESOPADEC engages 160 in various entrepreneurial trainings
The Skills Academy of the Delta Oil’-Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), has engaged 160 youths, including some physically-challenged, in various…
Shell Nigeria: Environmentalists commend Dutch Appeal Court’s judgment
Some environmentalists in the Niger Delta, including the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria REA/FoEN, have lauded last Friday’s…
PIB: Group rejects 2.5% vote for oil-bearing communities
The Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade (CHURAC), has decried the 2.5 per cent voted for the oil-producing communities…
Chevron oil spill: IYC blames FG over IOCs delay on Niger Delta clean-up
Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide has accused the Federal Government of colluding with the International Oil Companies (IOCs) to delay…
College of Health Tech workers call off strike
Workers of the College of Health Technology, Calabar, Cross River State, have called off the 56 days industrial action which…
Ann-Kio Briggs charges Ijaws to support NDDC’s IMC
Human and environmental rights activist, Mrs Ann-Kio Briggs, has called on the Ijaw ethnic group to throw its weight behind…
Bayelsa govt, NOSDRA visit Chevron spill site, launch lab investigations
Officials of the Bayelsa State government have led some environmentalists and officials of the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Ministry of…
Teachers’ centre, FRSC training school ’ll be ready in February —Okowa
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has given the assurance that the Teachers Professional Development Centre and the Federal Road…
NOSDRA, environmentalists decry oil spill in Conoil facility in Bayelsa —MD
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) and environmentalists have expressed concern over the environmental impact of Conoil…
Gov Ayade commences projects on riverside schools
THE Cross River State governor, Professor Ben Ayade, has commenced the construction of secondary school projects in riverside communities in…
Warring Delta communities hold peace concert
Warring Aladja and Ogbe-Ijoh communities in Udu and Warri South-West local government areas of Delta State appear sheathing their age-long…
Delta govt set for land, property registration
Delta State government has announced that it would begin land and property registration in the state on Friday, the News…
NDDC contractors risk losing assets over unpaid loans
Ex-militant leaders across the nine states of the Niger Delta region have appealed to the interim management committee of…
COVID-19: Akwa Ibom govt lauds Moni Pulo over donation of ambulance, 2000 bags of rice
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Emmanuel Udom, on Wednesday commended indigenous upstream oil giant, Moni Pulo Limited for supporting…
