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Vanguard
March 28, 2018
Delta State Chairman of Phase III of the Amnesty Programme, 'Gen' Preye Ekpebide, has urged the Federal Government to create Niger Delta Amnesty Board, NDAB, and saddle it with the responsibility of effectively monitoring and supervising the affairs of the Presidential Amnesty Programme for NigerÃâà...
Daily Post Nigeria
March 28, 2018
Part of the statement reads, “Niger Delta agitators who were given the Presidential prerogative had a genuine cause that was appreciated by the world over. The Boko Haram sects whose struggle is to disband the spread of Western civilisation should not pampered with Royal honour. “Some of theseÃâà...
Vanguard
March 27, 2018
Some representatives of the communities who spoke last week during the Community based Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) plan organized by National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency NOSDRA urged Nigerian government to address the glaring injustices in the oil producing states of Niger DeltaÃâà...
SaharaReporters.com
March 26, 2018
A rally held by the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) to demand restructuring of the country was, on Saturday, shunned by governors of states in the Niger Delta region. The rally, which held in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State, had only the host governor, Mr. Henry Seriake Dickson in attendance. PANDEFÃâà...
Vanguard
March 23, 2018
The rally being championed by the Pan Niger-Delta Forum, PANDEF, under the leadership of Chief Edwin Clark, is expected to attract all the South-South governors, political big wigs, youths, women groups and captains of industry from the geopolitical zone. It will afford the leaders the opportunity to takeÃâà...
SaharaReporters.com
March 23, 2018
Elder statesmen from the Niger Delta region led by former President Goodluck Jonathan will on Saturday, March 24, 2018, lead a massive rally to clamor for the restructuring of Nigeria as a federation. Other prominent leaders of the Niger Delta that will take part in the rally include Chief AK Horsfall, KingÃâà...
Guardian (blog)
March 22, 2018
Niger-Delta ex-militants and youth leaders have pledged to join Nigeria's leading energy conglomerate, Aiteo Group, in its bid to engender more peaceful coexistence, stop pipeline vandalism, illegal oil bunkering and oil refining in its areas of operation. This consensus was reached at a meetingÃâà...
Daily Post Nigeria
March 22, 2018
Niger Delta militants under the aegis of 21st Century Youths & Agitators with Conscience, has taken a swipe on the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA and other groups in the region over their threat to cause mayhem in 30days if the Federal Government fails to reinstate Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh (retd) asÃâà...
Daily Post Nigeria
March 21, 2018
The Niger Delta Youth Movement has dissociated itself from threats issued by one Ebitare Pere, calling for the reinstatement of Brig.-Gen. Paul Tarelah Boroh (rtd) as Coordinator of Presidential Amnesty programme. President Muhammadu Buhari had last week sacked Boroh as Coordinator of theÃâà...
SaharaReporters.com
March 21, 2018
As ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari when he was sacked last week, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has launched a full investigation into the activities of the office of Amnesty Program under the leadership of Brig. Gen Paul Boroh (retd).
Premium Times
March 21, 2018
The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate application of funds allocated to the Presidential Amnesty Office for Niger Delta ex-agitators, since its inception in June 25, 2009 by late President Umar Musa Yar'Adua. This was sequel to a motion by Adamu Chika (Niger-APC), “on theÃâà...
The Punch
March 21, 2018
Youths from the six states of the Niger Delta have decried the alleged perennial leadership failure in the region, saying the menace has unleashed poverty, sorrow, under-development on their people. The youth, under the aegis of the Pan-Niger Delta Youth Leadership Forum, said the situation was curiousÃâà...
Daily Post Nigeria
March 19, 2018
Youths from the nine states of the Niger Delta region, on Monday, blasted leaders from the oil-rich region of squandering trillions of naira that accrued to the area over the years. The youths, under the auspices of the Pan Niger Delta Youth Leadership Forum (PANDLEAF), said poverty in the region wasÃâà...
Daily Post Nigeria
March 10, 2018
In attendance at the meeting were the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Uguru Usani; Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jubril; the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Nsima Ekere; the Director-General of Nigeria Maritime AgencyÃâà...
Vanguard
March 5, 2018
Former deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Nsima Ekere, is the managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. In this interview in Lagos, Ekere outlines the issues and challenges he has faced in his assignment. He speaks on how heÃâà...
Guardian (blog)
March 5, 2018
The Executive Director, Environmental Right Action, (ERA), Dr. Godwin Ojo, says the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) would not address the lingering crisis in the oil-rich Niger Delta, noting that halt of oil spills and gas flaring, the root causes of the agitation in the zone, were not captured in the piece ofÃâà...
Independent Newspapers Limited
March 4, 2018
Chief Michael Johnny, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and an opinion leader in Delta State, is the immediate-past Chairman of Egbema Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation. In this interview with EJIKEME OEMANZU, he spoke on the challenges in the Niger Delta andÃâà...
The Nation Newspaper
March 4, 2018
Hence, the justifications for the lavish praise for the well-acknowledged capabilities of a serious investor like Dr. Azibapu Eruani whose investment is bringing much hope to the Niger Delta-a region which has seen unspeakable deprivation over the years in spite of its huge endowment of oil resources andÃâà...
The Nation Newspaper
March 4, 2018
Stakeholders in the Niger-Delta have advocated improved technology as well as efficient communication between the federal government, oil companies and oil bearing communities to check oil pipeline vandalism in the oil industry. These were the recommendations at the end of a one day sensitizationÃâà...
The Nation Newspaper
March 2, 2018
The Pan Niger Delta Youth Leadership (PANDLEAF) believes that leadership failure is the nucleus of the problems confronting the Niger Delta region. The region is blessed with abundant natural resources. It is a feeder of sort to other parts of the country. Niger Delta should have no problem with poverty.
New Telegraph Newspaper
March 1, 2018
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, yesterday lamented that in spite of huge oil revenues the country had earned from the Niger Delta over the years, areas such as Brass, Forcados, Ogulagha and Bonny, where crude oil terminals were located had remained inaccessible. The governor renewed hisÃâà...
Daily Post Nigeria
March 1, 2018
“On account of oil in the Niger Delta region and the connivance of the oil majors and traitors within, the international community continues to turn a blind eye to this miscarriage of justice throughout the different tiers of the courts. “We ask our patriotic comrades to remain calm as this matter is far from over.
Premium Times
February 24, 2018
The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Victor Ndoma-Egba, has said the commission would partner with Innoson Kiara Academy in training Niger Delta youth. Mr Ndoma-Egba stated this on Friday when he paid a courtesy call on the chairman of Innoson Group, Innocent Chukwuma,Ãâà...
Daily Trust
December 31, 1999
The Federal Government has reiterated its determination to engage Niger Delta stakeholders through continuous dialogue for sustained security, peace and ... and partnership to promote the socio-economic development as well as sustainable peace, development and stability of the Niger Delta region.
Amnesty International
December 31, 1999
We needed to look through all the spill reports provided by oil companies and compare them with pictures of the pipelines, to understand what was really happening in the Niger Delta. But we had a problem: there were thousands of documents and images, far too many even for Amnesty's dedicated researchers to lookÃâà...
Vanguard
December 31, 1999
Speaking on the development, the Chief Executive Officer of Lumos Nigeria, Mr. Houssam Azem said: “This debt facility from All-On further cements the strategic relationship between Lumos Nigeria and All-On, and is geared towards the penetration of Lumos Solar Home Systems in the Niger- Delta region.
Guardian (blog)
December 31, 1999
“We should stop this division among the regions, as no one is more Niger Delta than the other ethnic group,” he added. Meanwhile, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena, has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over the tenure of the Board of the Niger Delta DevelopmentÃâà...
Daily Post Nigeria
December 31, 1999
Making reference to the report of the Restructuring Committee, Dickson said in spite of the huge oil revenues the country had earned from the Niger Delta, over the years, areas such as Brass, Forcados, Ogulagha and Bonny, where crude oil terminals are located, remain inaccessible by road. “We haveÃâà...
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