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The federal government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation yesterday said peaceful resolution of issues surrounding OML 25 would encourage more investors to the Niger Delta. With the resolution of the OML 25 dispute, Rivers State … Read more via Thisdaylive –...

Niger Delta militia group, the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA), has reiterated its early warning to renew hostilities in the region by attacking oil facilities, if a cabal in the presidency succeeds in removing Professor Charles Dokubo as Coordinator … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...

The underdevelopment of communities in the Niger Delta region has been at the root of agitations in the zone. Following the appointment of Chief Godswill Akpabio as Minister of Niger … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/33ZxpAX Get More Nigeria Political News

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has assured that the era of crying and suffering is over in the region. The minister gave the assurance when a group, Youth for Peace and Development in the Niger Delta, paid … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria...

The oil royalty accruable to the Federal Government from the oil producers on Nembe Creek area of Niger Delta has depleted as the loss by Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company and partners to crude theft in the region hit $2 billion in four years. Chief Executive Officer … Read...

The Ibe-Uyadonwei of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Chief Dennis Brutu Otuaro, is one person who is very passionate about the Niger Delta struggles and development. Otuaro was a member of the Presidential Committee on Environment for the Restoration of the Environment of the Niger Delta during the...

A coalition of Niger Delta agitators, under the aegis of Niger Delta Watchdogs and ... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2SPLdbm Get More Nigeria Metro News

A Niger Delta militant group, that styles itself Koluama Seven Brothers on Sunday said it ... Read more via Naijaloaded News – http://bit.ly/2GVfkg9 Get More Nigeria Metro News

Youth from Ijaw, Isoko, Itsekiri and Urhobo ethnic nationalities of Delta State on Wednesday, blocked the gate … Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2KGTVpg Get More Nigeria Political News

Tension has started building up in Delta State due to the decision of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to award oil infrastructure surveillance contract to Ocean Marine Solution Limited contrary to extant rules. Multiple sources told THISDAY at the weekend that the NNPC...

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani has raised an alarm over plots to … Read more via Naijaloaded News – https://ift.tt/2DbOcG0 Get More Nigeria Metro News

Seiyefa Fred, a student of the Niger Delta University, was, last night, shot dead by some ... Read more via Naijaloaded News – https://ift.tt/2qF890p Get More Nigeria Metro News

The federal government has been accused of deliberately preventing the Prince of Wales, Charles Philip, from visiting the Niger Delta for him not to see the neglect of the region. Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, said … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World...

The lawmaker representing Yenagoa/Kolokuma/Opokuma … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2QnQer0 Get More Nigeria Political News

Femi Adekanmi, the immediate past Commissioner for Special Duties, Culture and Tourism in Ondo … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2Nlmb4j Get More Nigeria Political News

The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has budgeted N3.4 … Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2PEPbmc Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has explained why it cancelled projects worth N200 billion in the nine Niger Delta states. The Commissioner representing Delta State on the NDDC board, Dr. Ogaga Ifowodo blamed it on the “huge challenges” the current board inherited.... Read...

The Department of State Services has been accused of arresting and detaining several youths from the ... Read more via Naija.ng News – https://ift.tt/2LOMOxZ Get More Nigeria Metro News

80-year-old Mama Abiri undressed. Before strangers, family, and friends alike, Mama clasped her frail breasts, and cried inconsolably, naked. With emotions only a mother could express, Mama cried in the native Ijaw language of the Niger Delta creeks. Mama was calling on Nigeria’s … Read more...

Former Niger Delta militants have promised to mobilise votes for President Muhammadu Buhari in his quest to secure another four year mandate to govern Nigeria. Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2kmkzYg -- Get More Nigeria Political News