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From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau) A militant group named Supreme Egbesu Liberation Fighters of the Niger Delta on Tuesday threatened to destroy infrastructure in Lagos and Abuja, as well as resume hostilities in the oil-rich region. The group's intention was contained in a video posted online by Africa Independent Television (AIT). The…
February 24, 2021
By Abiola Olawale Environmental Rights Action (ERA) has raised alarm over the continuous flaring of gas by Agip facility -- a Flow Station located in Ogboinbiri, a community in Apoi clan of Bayelsa State, adding that flaring of gas has become life-threatening to residents in the area. According to ERA, air in Ogboinbiri community…
February 23, 2021
By Abiola Olawale Godswill Akpabio, the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, is set to face the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) panel over allegations that he bribed some officials of the CCB. Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa Ibom State was reported to have allegedly paid N100 million to bribe the officials of the CCB…
February 22, 2021
By Abiola Olawale The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) on Monday, revealed the discovery of massive fraud and illegal acts allegedly committed by its contractors who were recently awarded contracts. The Interim Administrator, PAP, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio, disclosed this in a statement he released on Monday. Dikio who confirmed the payment of accumulated debts owed…
February 22, 2021
From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta State Correspondent) Deputy Senate President (DSP), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has decried the inappropriate utilisation of the 13 per cent derivation fund meant for oil producing communities by Governors in the Niger Delta region. Recall The New Diplomat had reported leaders in the region have pleaded with President Muhammadu…
February 22, 2021
By Abiola Olawale Comrade Okiemute Sowho, the Special Assistant to Delta State Governor on Youth Development, also known as Daddy K, has on Saturday been reportedly assassinated in Sapele. According to sources, the governor's aide was shot at a close range by unknown gunmen along Crudas axis by Akintola Road, Sapele, Delta State. Reports also…
February 20, 2021
By Dotun Akintomide The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) says allegations of involvement in oil theft at its Bonny Crude Export Terminal is misleading. Recall 2 million barrels of crude deficit between 2016 and 2018 reported at the Bonny terminal operated by SPDC has resulted in a dispute among several oil firms that…
February 20, 2021
Says 'North, South-South have historically had strong alliances' ...Politics Is About Breaking Barriers From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta State Correspondent) As permutations towards 2023 general elections gather momentum, the Deputy Senate President (DSP), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has stressed the importance of sustaining the historically old political alliance that had existed since independence between…
February 20, 2021
From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta State Correspondent) Following the report by the Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry Investigating Human Rights Abuses, Police Brutality and Extrajudicial in the state, Governor Nyesom Wike, has challenged the Inspector General of Police to be ready to implement a white paper that will come out of it.…
February 20, 2021
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From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau) A militant group named Supreme Egbesu Liberation Fighters of the Niger Delta on Tuesday threatened to destroy infrastructure in Lagos and Abuja, as well as resume hostilities in the oil-rich region. The group's intention was contained in a video posted online by Africa Independent Television (AIT). The…
February 24, 2021
By Abiola Olawale Environmental Rights Action (ERA) has raised alarm over the continuous flaring of gas by Agip facility -- a Flow Station located in Ogboinbiri, a community in Apoi clan of Bayelsa State, adding that flaring of gas has become life-threatening to residents in the area. According to ERA, air in Ogboinbiri community…
February 23, 2021
By Abiola Olawale Godswill Akpabio, the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, is set to face the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) panel over allegations that he bribed some officials of the CCB. Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa Ibom State was reported to have allegedly paid N100 million to bribe the officials of the CCB…
February 22, 2021
By Abiola Olawale The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) on Monday, revealed the discovery of massive fraud and illegal acts allegedly committed by its contractors who were recently awarded contracts. The Interim Administrator, PAP, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio, disclosed this in a statement he released on Monday. Dikio who confirmed the payment of accumulated debts owed…
February 22, 2021
From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta State Correspondent) Deputy Senate President (DSP), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has decried the inappropriate utilisation of the 13 per cent derivation fund meant for oil producing communities by Governors in the Niger Delta region. Recall The New Diplomat had reported leaders in the region have pleaded with President Muhammadu…
February 22, 2021
By Abiola Olawale Comrade Okiemute Sowho, the Special Assistant to Delta State Governor on Youth Development, also known as Daddy K, has on Saturday been reportedly assassinated in Sapele. According to sources, the governor's aide was shot at a close range by unknown gunmen along Crudas axis by Akintola Road, Sapele, Delta State. Reports also…
February 20, 2021
By Dotun Akintomide The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) says allegations of involvement in oil theft at its Bonny Crude Export Terminal is misleading. Recall 2 million barrels of crude deficit between 2016 and 2018 reported at the Bonny terminal operated by SPDC has resulted in a dispute among several oil firms that…
February 20, 2021
Says 'North, South-South have historically had strong alliances' ...Politics Is About Breaking Barriers From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta State Correspondent) As permutations towards 2023 general elections gather momentum, the Deputy Senate President (DSP), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has stressed the importance of sustaining the historically old political alliance that had existed since independence between…
February 20, 2021
From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta State Correspondent) Following the report by the Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry Investigating Human Rights Abuses, Police Brutality and Extrajudicial in the state, Governor Nyesom Wike, has challenged the Inspector General of Police to be ready to implement a white paper that will come out of it.…
February 20, 2021
