Groups in the Niger Delta states have rejected the inclusion of other states from outside the region in the list of oil producing states covered by the Niger Delta Development Commission. The group under the umbrella of Conference of Presidents-General of Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities stated their position during a protest in Yanagoa, Bayelsa State. It was…
Governors of oil producing states are facing a strong opposition from people of oil and gas bearing and impacted communities in their demands for more funds from oil. This is because of lack of accountability in the management of the thirteen percent derivation fund that is currently being enjoyed by oil bearing states. A traditional ruler of…
The forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission has been completed and the report submitted to the Federal Government. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, summited the report to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. During the presentation; Senator Akpabio said the NDDC forensic audit covered a…
People of the Niger Delta have vowed to resist the threat by armed Fulani jihadists to invade the region. The reaction followed a threat issued in an open letter circulated in Delta State, calling for a reversal of the ban on open grazing in the state. Ijaw elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark warned that the Niger Delta…
The Governor of Rivers State, NYESOM WIKE, has challenged the Nigerian Navy to end oil bunkering in the Niger Delta. Governor WIKE said oil bunkering affects the social and economic development of the country, and should not be allowed to continue. WIKE made the call when he received participants of the Naval Warfare College Course Four, who…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has appointment of retired Colonel MILLAND DIXION DIKIO as Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme for the Niger Delta. DIKIO takes over from Professor CHARLES QUARKER DOKUBO as the Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme with effect from August 21, 2020. Presidential spokesman, GARBA SHEHU, confirmed the removal of Professor DOKUBO and the appointment…