Our attention has been drawn to a statement credited to Mrs. Waaka Lebari, circulating in the online media, wherein she tried to sell the dummy that the employment and promotion of our Director Legal Services, Mr. Peter Claver Okoro, did not follow due process. The NDDC Management, wishes to state that Okoro’s employment was approved…
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has urged the Federal Government to tread with caution when dealing with issues concerning the Niger Delta region. He warned the government against going ahead with the rumoured plan to scrap the Presidential Amnesty Programme, saying doing so would truncate the fragile peace in the oil-producing region. Clark gave the…
The European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES), has expressed its commitment and support towards deepen democratic process in Nigeria.He said ECES would achieve this through the implementation of EU-SDGN programme componet one- support to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).ECES’s Deputy Project Coordinator, ,Manji Wilson disclosed this yesterday in Benin at a 2-day training/workshop organised by…
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State says he will appeal Monday’s ruling of the state election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja which nullified his election, and has consequently instructed his lawyers to file the necessary papers. This is coming as the state election tribunal nullified his election and order for a fresh election within 90 days…
The Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal has dismissed the election of Governor Douye Diri. The Tribunal has ordered INEC to order a fresh election within 90 days. The verdict follows the petition by the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) challenging the victory of Governor Diri in the November 19 governorship election. The ANDP is claiming that the…
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has on Tuesday inaugurated two committees and five project teams for the Oloibiri Museum and Research centre which will be situated in Oloibiri, Bayelsa state. The virtual ceremony was anchored by Engr Simbi Wabote, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) who is to…
Unimpressed with the worsening security situation in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari says he will soon carry out a total re-engineering of the nation’s security apparatuses. But in the meantime, Buhari has directed the Service Chiefs to strategize towards winning the terror fight. The National Security Adviser, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, disclosed this onTuesday while briefing…
Eighty-year-old Pa Napoleon Alale, father of Sagbama Local Government Chairman in Bayelsa has regained freedom after spending about three months in the den of his kidnappers.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the local council chairman, Embeleakpo Alale, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Sagbama on Tuesday.The statement signed by the Chairman’s…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC and a pressure group, the Niger Delta Rights Advocate , NDRA, are bickering over the proposed commissioning of Nembe/Ogbia road project. NDDC Head of Corporate Affairs, Charles Obi Odili had in a press statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday said that the Commission has invited President Muhammadu Buhari…
Operators of Petroleum downstream sector in Anambra state have given governor Willie Obiano a 21 day ultimatum to call its agencies to order to stop harassing them or risk total shut of petroleum supply in the state.They said various government agencies have been intimidating and harrsaing them with multiple levies .The operators under the aegis…
