LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-ENERGY giant, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), has been honoured for providing opportunities to talented secondary school students in the Niger Delta to participate in the United Nation’s Model Conferences in the United States of America. Founder and Country Director of Future Trust Initiatives, Dr. Maureen Egbuche, announced…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York has launched a blistering indictment of oil companies operating in the Niger Delta calling their actions “nothing less than environmental genocide”. The Archbishop chairs the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission is working alongside industry and…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With a daily loss of about 10,000 barrels of oil from its pipelines to crude oil theft, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has cried out for help from government, communities and other stakeholders to stem the incessant attack on oil assets in the Niger Delta. “These are critical…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The masterminds of the April 21 fire outbreak at OML 29 oilfields operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production were burnt to death. Rear Admiral Akinjidie Akinrinade, Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to the Niger Delta disclosed this shortly after inspecting the incident site at Awoba…
LAGOS JANUARY 25T (NEWSRANGERS)-Massive protest rocked the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Friday. Protesters took to the streets with placards, dancing and singing solidarity songs. They are protesting the transfer of power to the Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Mr. Mene Derek by Nsima Udo Ekere, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate for…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pro-Niger Delta group, the Niger Delta Indigenous Entrepreneurs Forum, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, National Leader of All Progressives Congress APC, Ahmed Bola Tinubu and National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomohle to urgently reverse the trend of an obvious witch-hunting of Nigerian private indigenous investors in Nigeria by the Economic Finance…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos lawyer Barr. Malcolm Omirhobo and his Foundation, Malcolm Omirhobo Foundation has dragged the Federal Government to Federal High Court, Abuja over military incursions of the Niger Delta and South Eastern Regions of Nigeria. Sued along with the Federal government are President Muhammadu Buhari, Federal Attorney General, Service Chiefs, Nigeria Police,…
By Amos Odeh LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr Kenedy West, Senior Special Adviser to Gov Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Wednesday urged Minister of State for Petroleum Dr Ibe Kachikwu to include regional interest in train-7 of the NLNG. West an aide to Dickson on Niger Delta youth matters said the provision of opportunities for host…