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The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Delta State branch has accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of “deliberately shutting down the Warri Refinery in order to facilitate activities at the Dangote facility, which is still under construction.” ...
Read More »FG earmarks N20b for East-West highway, recommits to Niger Delta development
The Federal Government has earmarked about N20 billion for the completion of sections one to four of the East-West Road awarded to contractors 14 years ago. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, who disclosed this in Abuja during a ...
Read More »Cross River communities lose valuable economic crops to mysterious fire
Communities in Cross River have decried a mystery fire that destroyed their crops worth millions of naira. The affected settlements, Agba, Bansan and Obubra, in Boki council area of the state last week woke up to the terrifying news. The ...
Read More »Lawmakers move to probe abandoned power projects
The House of Representatives has set up an ad hoc committee to probe abandoned power projects by the Federal Ministry of Power since 2018. The panel is to revert in four weeks for further legislative action. The resolution followed the ...
Read More »House of Representatives raise panel to strike deal on DStv’s pay-as-you-go plan
The House of Representatives has raised a 10-member ad hoc committee chaired by Unyime Idem to interface with Multichoice Digital Satellite Television (DSTV) and other service providers to introduce the Pay-as-You-Go (PAYG) tariff plan. The decision followed the adoption of ...
Read More »Oshiomhole returns, makes peaceful overtures to opponents as Edo APC lauds governors’ intervention
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has resumed duties at the party’s national secretariat in deference to a Court of Appeal, Abuja ruling. Amid tight security, the ex-labour leader was received by no fewer than 17 state chairmen ...
Read More »Senate probes Lagos pipeline explosion as Muslim bodies, Church express concern
The Senate has directed its Committees on Petroleum Downstream, Gas Resources and Petroleum Upstream to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the Lagos pipeline explosion to avoid reoccurrence. They are to turn in their report in two weeks. The ...
Read More »Udom tasks FG on reformation of nation’s correctional centres
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has asked the Federal Government to review the state of facilities at all correctional centres in the country and reform them to become more decent for human habitation. He made the call at the ...
Read More »Why Buhari should appoint Niger Deltan as PAP coordinator, by groups
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) and a coalition of Niger Delta activists have canvassed the appointment of person without proper knowledge of the region to head the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). They lamented that the appointment of persons from the ...
Read More »ICPC wants higher citizens participation in A’Ibom projects execution, denies alleged bribe taking from legislators
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has charged Akwa Ibom people to always show greater interest and commitment in initiation, monitoring and execution of projects in their communities. State Director of ICPC, Shola Shodipo, gave the ...
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