By Amos Okioma LAGOS JUNE20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) says it has raised some 6,659 entrepreneurs from its gas fields in Bayelsa and Delta from 2003 till date. Mr Igo Weli, General Manager, External Relations at SPDC stated this on Wednesday at a graduation and award ceremony for beneficiaries of the oil firm’s…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past Chief Whip in the Bayelsa state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Tonye Emmanuel Isenah, member representing Kolu okuma/Opokuma constituency I, on Thursday emerged the speaker of the sixth Assembly. The Peoples Democratic Party has majority members in the new assembly constituted by Governor Seriake Dickson with…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG), the country’s first and wholly-owned subsidiary of an international oil company involved in domestic gas distribution in Nigeria, increased its gas distribution capacity by over 150% following the safe completion of its second gas train, the Agbara-Ota Capacity Increase Project. The world class facility enables SNG and its…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Madam Ayoko Owoko, the abducted 78 years old Mother of the immediate past member of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly representing Southern Ijaw Constituency 1, Hon. Kate Owoko was yesterday found dead and dumped by the riverside in Amassoma area of the State. Family sources confirmed yesterday that some the corpse…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson has disclosed that the Government inherited a bond of N120 billion from the Chief Timipre Sylva Administration at inception in 2012 and would complete repayment in June. The Commissioner noted that Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Seriake Dickson should be commended…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil and Gas Producing Areas Enlightenment and Empowerment Initiative (OGPAEEI) on Sunday commended the Federal Government and its agencies for intervening oil spill impacted areas in Bayelsa. Mr Collins Igbabiri, President of OGPAEEI, who made the commendation in an interview in Yenagoa on Sunday, noted that the swift response…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Igbo traders at Swali market in Bayelsa state capital under the aegis of Igbo Traders Union (ITU) on Monday close down shops in protest of incessant burglary attacks on their shops were goods and cash worth N10 million have been stolen in the past seven months. Speaking with…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Indigenous oil and gas giant , Aiteo , has reassures the people of Bayelsa state and the general public of its unwavering commitment to the sustainable development of its host communities and has commended the people of Nembe community for agreeing to disband the barricade to the Aiteo,s logistic…
