Chief Wellington Okirika, (aka Mr. 13% Derivation Fund) is the founder of the Host Communities of Nigeria, oil and gas, (HOSCON). The group has been at the forefront of the agitation for a better deal for the people of the Niger Delta who constitute the oil and gas producing communities. The advocacy and agitation of…
...As NASS adopts conditional transmission of election result As the controversy trailing the passage of the Electoral Amendment Bill with regards to the electronic transmission of election results clause in the Bill continues, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has allayed the fear being entertained by some persons in the society, assuring…
PDP Reps Walk Out Of Session In Protest The Electoral Act Amendment Bill and the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) were passed on Friday by House of Representatives, but not without a further aggravation of feud hovering the two heavy bills. The Electoral Act Amendment Bill was passed despite the opposition lawmakers staging a walk out.…
The Senate, on Thursday has passed the conference report of the National Assembly on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The Conference Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the PIB, in its report adopted the 3 per cent for oil producing communities as trust fund, which was passed by the red chamber…
Nwaoboshi vows to resist anti-rotational forces Enuha assures zero tolerance for vote rigging in Delta North With the Congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) rescheduled to commence on July 31, 2021, the Deputy President of the Senate and South South Leader of the party, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has charged members and stakeholders to demonstrate…
Olorogun Fred Majemite is a chieftain and leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State. He is a two-time Commissioner in the State and presently, a staunch member of the Urhobo-based DC-23 group that is working hard to ensure the next governor of the State emerges from Delta Central in line with the…
IYC appeals to military to open waterways, says humanitarian crisis imminent With the blockade mounted on the waterways connecting Egbema kingdom of Warri North Local Government Area by the military Joint Task Force, (JTF) entering its fifth day, hundreds of thousands of Ijaws living in that part of Delta State have cried out over impending…
His Royal Majesty, Monday Obukowho Whiskey, Udurhie I, is the traditional ruler of Idjerhe (Jesse) kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State. A Niger Delta activist before he heeded the call of his people to rule to be king over them, he is very passionate about the development of the Niger Delta…
It’s Satanic, unjust, embarrasing – E.K. Clark It’s totally unacceptable -- UPU, Others HOSTCON Hails Passage, Asks NASS To Review Host Community Fund Quota Leaders Criticize 30% Provision for Oil Search In the Frontier Basins Several provisions contained in the Petroleum Industry Bill, (PIB) passed into law by the National Assembly on Thursday, July 1,…