The deputy president of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has urged oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region to relocate their headquarters to the region. Yomi Odunuga, his special adviser on media and publicity in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said Mr Omo-Agege made the call at his home–Orogun — in Ughelli North Local … Read more
Elders of the Ijaw community in the Niger Delta have condemned the recent vandalism of property at the Presidential Amnesty Programme warehouse at Kaiama Community, in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area (LGA) of Bayelsa state. Speaking under the auspices of Ijaw Elders Council during a news conference in Yenagoa on Monday, the Chairman of the group, … Read more
Following a protest by communities affected by exploration activities by Shell Petroleum Development Company, the Nigerian Senate has issued a fresh directive to the oil giant on the payment of N6.9 billion to the communities. It all stared with a petition by a firm, Bekele Jones and Associates, to the upper chamber of Nigeria’s legislature … Read more
The Federal Government, yesterday, revoked the operating license granted Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, for Oil Mining Lease 11, in Ogoni land and transferred the operatorship of the assets to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and its upstream subsidiary, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC. In a letter dated, March 1, 2019, with Reference … Read more