Niger Delta

August 23, (THEWILL) - The Executive Vice Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Dr. Bashir Gwandu has visited the Ambassador of Czech Republic to Nigeria, His Excellency Zdeněk Krejčí for business collaboration and fact-finding...

August 20, (THEWILL) - The Special Adviser to the Bayelsa State Governor on Labour, Employment and Productivity, Hon. Famous Daunemigha, has urged President Bola Tinubu to review the allocation of N5 billion palliatives to each of the six...

August 13, (THEWILL) - The Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders Council (NDENYC), has urged the Niger Delta Commission, the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs and the Federal Government, to ensure the completion of the East-West road without further...

August 06, (THEWILL) - Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to protect oil facilities in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), on Sunday, cleared the impounded vessel, MT Praisel, to continue its operations after it was absolved of...

August 05, (THEWILL) - Godsgift Ayabowei, a former Niger Delta militant leader, has made a passionate appeal to various political parties, their candidates and former militants, to embrace non-violence in the upcoming governorship election in Bayelsa state, which...

The Bayelsa State Government has expressed dismay at the extent of damage that oil exploration has caused and the attentant neglect by international oil companies (IOCs) operating in the Niger Delta. The Commissioner for Environment, lselema Gbaranbiri, made this known...

July 10, (THEWILL) - Security operatives have intercepted an oil-theft syndicate, operating in the Niger Delta. Although details about the development are sketchy, Arise Television reported on Monday that the Syndicates were intercepted in the Oporoza area of Delta State. Earlier...

June 10, (THEWILL) – The Commandant General (C-G), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi, has ordered  Commandants in Niger Delta to rejig their anti-vandal units. He also charged them to maintain 24-hour surveillance of oil facilities. On Friday,...

May 25, (THEWILL) - The Interim Administrator (IA) of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Major-General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd), on Wednesday, launched the PAP Cooperative Society Limited (PAPCOSOL), a duly registered limited liability company, in the bid to create...

May 10, (THEWILL) - Britain’s highest court, on Wednesday, ruled that it was too late for people in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region to lodge pollution claims against energy giant Shell after a huge oil spill more than one decade...