Niger Delta

Militants have allegedly blown a gas pipeline belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Bayelsa State. According to reports, the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday,…

The Chairman, Ika North East Local Government Council of Delta State, Victor Ebonka, has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in Ute kingdom. Ebonka who announced the curfew in a press briefing on Monday in Owa-Oyibu, said the curfew was with…

President Muhammadu Buhari will formally commission the 5,000 barrels per day modular refinery at Ibigwe, Ohaji/Egbema local government area of Imo State on Tuesday. According to reports, the president decided to personally inaugurate…

The Akwa Ibom State Government has promised amnesty for repentant cultists terrorising Inen community in OrukAnam Local Government Area. The Chief Judge of the state, Justice Godwin Abraham, made this known at the weekend when he…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has imposed a 24-hour curfew for two weeks around the Okoro-Nu-Odu flyover in Rumuokoro, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area following the rising spate of cult-related violence. The Governor, in a…

Condemns presidency for disrespecting Niger DeltaChides South-South governors for being weaklings, sellouts The President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Comrade Peter Igbifa has threatened that youths of the Niger Delta region will…

No fewer than three teenagers have been confirmed dead during a fire outbreak in an illegal crude oil refining camp situated between Ibelebiri and Otuegue 2 communities in Ogbia Local Council Area of Bayelsa State. According to reports,…

Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has stated that he is not against clamour by oil-producing communities to be given funds directly from the 13 per cent derivation fund. Okowa, in a statement issued in Asaba at the weekend by his Chief Press…

A Niger Delta humanitarian group, the Fenibo Jack Foundation has called for quality education in the Niger Delta region. Founder of the group, Alabo Fenibo M.M. Jack made this call while speaking at an awareness talk organized by the…

Calls for disarmament and demobilisation of ex-agitators Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has lamented the proliferation of light weapons in the Niger Delta region while calling on the Federal Government to revisit the disarmament…