Oil & Gas

Some Officers Attack Project Contractors Amid Bunkering Suspicions – Gov Fubara Tells Army Chief

By Ebiere Tamuno, … Commends the Military and security agencies for maintaining peace Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara says his administration is doing everything possible to curb illegal bunkering activities in the state, but some officers of the Nigerian Army are possibly compromised in parts of Ahoada East …

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Thought Subsidy Was Bad. Why is Tinubu Bringing it Back? – Farooq A. Kperogi

A September 21, 2023, enterprise news report (i.e., a news report that’s not from a news release or a press conference) from the Daily Trust found that “Despite the numerous assurances by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that… subsidy is gone… the federal government paid N169.4 billion as subsidy in August …

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Fuel Price Discrepancies Emerge Amidst Product Price Surge

On Tuesday, the petroleum pump price soared to N617 per litre at different outlets of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) in Abuja. The development follows a nationwide approval by the oil company for an upward review in the pump price of petroleum, coming after several months. In his …

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Halt NDDC 10, 000 Job Creation Project, Urhobo Youths Beg Tinubu.

An umbrella body of the Urhobo youth in the Nigeria Delta, Urhobo Youth Council, has called on President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to immediately halt the Niger Delta Development Commission’s, NDDC, 10,000 job hope initiative program, saying that it may end up as another drain on the he resources of the …

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PIPELINE SURVEILLANCE: Bayelsa Isoko Communities Endorse Isoko Youths Coalition

By Kelvin Ebikaowei … Commend Senate for due diligence and progress The Community leaders of Isoko communities, Abuetor and Osekwenike Communities of Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have declared support and a vote of confidence on the Coalition of Isoko Youth for their efforts in pursuing the alleged …

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Protesters In Delta Demand Better Nigeria, Ask FG to Arrest Banks MDs

Motorist, traders, human rights activists, and angry youths, protesting the fuel and new naira notes scarcity, barricaded the Asaba-Onitsha Expressway in Asaba, call for a better Nigeria, and also urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to arrest Managing Directors of commercial banks for allegedly hoarding the new Naira notes. Speaking on …

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Oil Communities Urge Court To Halt NDDC Board Inauguration

Major stakeholders from Oil Producing Communities in Ondo State have asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to stop the President Muhammadu Buhari, from inaugurating the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, pending the hearing and determination of the suit filed in Court. The Plaintiffs in …

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2023 Budget ll Address 2022 Nationwide Flood Havoc – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja signed the 2023 Budget of N21.83 trillion along with the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill into law. Speaking at the signing of the eighth and final annual budget of this Administration, the President said the aggregate expenditures of N21.83 trillion, is an increase of …

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Buhari Nominates Delta Female Politician As NDDC Chairman

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has sent the name of Lauretta Onochie as the substantive chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission. The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, on Wednesday, at the plenary read the nomination letters sent to the senate by the president.

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7-Days Ultimatum: Listen To Isoko Youths – AIG Ogbaudu Tells FG

Former Assistant Inspector General of Police and Elder Statesman of Isoko Nation, Felix Ogbaudu has urged the Federal Government to listen and give consideration to the request and position of Isoko Youths as regards inclusiveness in the pipeline surveillance contract awarded to the Niger Delta Region. Ogbaudu who spoke in …

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