Niger Delta

November 29, (THEWILL) - The Movement for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND), has faulted calls for an increase in the budgetary allocation to contractors of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). According to the group, instead of an unfounded...

November 16, (THEWILL) - The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chinedu Ebie, has stressed the need for collaboration with all stakeholders in driving the Renewed Hope Agenda of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for...

November 15, (THEWILL) - Ex-militant leaders from the six states of the Niger Delta region have attributed the defeat of the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, to the alleged unholy alliance between him...

October 20, (THEWILL) – Ex-Militant Leaders from the Niger Delta region have described as "provocative" the recent statement by Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi against the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike. They also warned Sheikh Gumi and his...

October 15, (THEWILL) - The recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) initiative is not just another bureaucratic paperwork....

October 13, (THEWILL) - The federal government, through the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), has granted a Petroleum Exploration Licence (PEL) to TGS-PetroData Offshore Services Limited (TGS-PD), the first new licence issued under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA)...

October 11, (THEWILL) - Elder Statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has lamented the deplorable condition of Federal roads in the Niger Delta. In an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, he blamed the dilapidated state of the roads for the recent...

October 10, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Senate has initiated a probe into the increasing incidence of crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region. While lamenting the incessant and nefarious activities of the oil thieves, the Senate directed five standing...

August 28, (THEWILL) – Aggrieved ex-agitators from Niger Delta States (Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Edo, Cross River, Delta and Rivers States) have threatened to disrupt the peace in the region over their Governors' failure to provide palliatives to...

August 24, (THEWILL) - A coalition of former militant leaders and stakeholders from the Niger Delta region have written to President Bola Tinubu over the controversy rocking the move to seek re-approval of the over $1.3 billion surveillance contract...