...As Tensions Flare In Niger Delta Itsekiri Youths Threaten To Shutdown Oil Installations In 14 Days IYC Says Demonstration Continues Monday Tensions flared up in the Niger Delta on Sunday as ex-agitator, Chief Government Ekpemukpolo (aka Tompolo) gave the federal government a 7-day ultimatum for it to inaugurate the board of the Niger Delta Development…
FG Should Set up Commission To Manage Fund For Communities - Emuh Delta, Edo, Bayelsa women make case for 100% derivation to communities As Nigerians hope for the emergence of a better constitution from the ongoing alteration exercise of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the oil and gas Host Communities of…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Friday, dismissed the certificate forgery case filed by the All Progressives Congress, (APC) against Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. It would be recalled a member of the ruling APC, Mr. Williams Edobor had filed the suit against the Governor and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The court dismissed…
Disowns exco members who met with Akpabio As Hausa leader in Rivers urges FG to inaugurate NDDC board National President of the Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC), Comrade Peter Timothy Igbifa, who was kidnapped in Port Harcourt on Monday May 25 has been released. The New Diplomat had reported that he was kidnapped barely 24 hours…
The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) has recanted on its earlier claim that the £4.2 million recovered loot linked to former Delta Governor, James Ibori has been returned to Delta State. Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris had on Tuesday appeared before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Assessment…
The Delta Government on Wednesday said that it has not received the 4.2 million pounds recovered from former Gov. James Ibori, returned by the United Kingdom government. The government made this known in a statement issued by Mr Olisa Ifeajika, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa on Wednesday in Asaba. Reacting to the rumoured…
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide made good their threat on Wednesday as they shut down the Bayelsa office of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the Mbiama-axis of the East-West road during their protest over the lull in the inauguration of a substantive board of the agency by the Federal Government. The New…
The Federal Government has said that the £4.2m looted funds recovered by the British Government from Ex-Delta Governor, James Ibori has been returned to Delta. The Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris confirmed this development on Tuesday in Abuja when he appeared before the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee on Assessment and Status…
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), a key intervention agency in the Nigeria's power sector, has contributed over 3,400 megawatts (MW) to the national grid, delivering 22 substations since 2015, a new report has shown. Through its six National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP) thermal power plants and scores of power substations, the company has…