The Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Niger Delta have emphasised the need for effective implementation of budgetary allocations to the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, for the benefits of the people of the Niger Delta region. This view was expressed by the Chairmen of the committees on Niger Delta when the Minister of […]
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani, has charged the new management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to do more for the development of the Niger Delta region. The Minister was speaking at the NDDC headquarters in Port-Harcourt, when he paid a working visit recently to the new management team […]
The Minister for Niger Delta Affairs (MNDA), Usani Uguru has said the Federal Government is ready to partner India on training, youth development and security of investments in the Niger Delta region. According to Daily Trust, Usani, while receiving the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Abhay Thakur, in Abuja on Tuesday said Nigeria looks […]
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) is up-to-date with payment of stipends, books and in-training allowances to Niger Delta ex-militants. According to a Pulse Nigeria report, Mr Murphy Ganagana, Special Assistant Media to the Coordinator, PAP, Prof. Charles Dokubo, made this known in Abuja, while responding to claims by some people that the Amnesty office owed. It could […]
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu has been confirmed as lead discussant on the available and emerging investment opportunities in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry, at the forthcoming Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF). Kachikwu is to play a lead role in the discussions at the forum on the […]
*Inspects work on new headquarters The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has renewed its drive to fast-track the completion of its projects spread across the nine Niger Delta states, especially major projects that will transform the region significantly. The mandates of the commission (NDDC) include the development of the oil- rich Niger Delta, the formulation […]
The new framework – the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme (NGFCP), initiated by the Federal Government to monetise the volume of gas flared in Nigeria’s oil fields is expected to ensure that wasteful practice ceases to exist in the country within three years from when it becomes operational. A gas flare, alternatively known as a […]
Ex-agitators of the Niger Delta region have hailed the Federal Government for the prompt payment of their monthly stipends. Gen. Godstime Ogidigba, the Coordinator of phase three of the Ex-Niger Delta Agitators’ Leadership forum, gave the commendation in a statement in Benin on Sunday. The coordinator said the forum had decided to confer an […]