By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent signing into law, of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) on Monday August 16, 2021, after years of back and forth movement,- an Act which provides legal, governance, regulatory and fiscal framework for the Nigerian Petroleum Industry and development of host communities, my recent ‘sojourn’ in the creeks…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An oil spill in Nigeria’s Delta region that has been spewing for more than two weeks will be “speedily addressed,” President Muhammadu Buhari said in a statement on Wednesday. Nigerian oil firm Aiteo Eastern E&P reported the spill on Nov. 5 in the Nembe area of Bayelsa state in Nigeria’s Delta, one…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians who benefited from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) 2018 Scholarship programme are currently facing deportation due to non-payment of their academic fees. The 200 Nigerians, who were selected out of over 4,000 applicants, were given scholarships to pursue postgraduate studies abroad, fully funded by NDDC. The commission in an elaborate…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ijaw Rebirth National Congress IRNC, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to revoke the licence of Oil Mining Lease OML42, being operated by Neconde Energy Limited and other oil bloc licences in Ijaw land. The group in a letter signed by the Facilitator Mr. Luke Owe, Facilitator queried that in the…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A coalition of civil society organisations and election observers have reacted angrily to the ongoing militarisation of some states in the Niger Delta region, ahead of Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. Rejecting the military siege on the Niger Delta region, the group said the military has no constitutional power to superintendent…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, has dragged the federal government and others to Federal High Court, Abuja over the proscription of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Joined as respondent in the suit marked as FHC/ABJ/CS/107/2018 are the president, attorneys general of the federation, National Assembly, Senate president, Speaker…