Posts tagged as: Niger Delta

N-Delta Entrepreneurs Warn Against Using EFCC To Witch-Hunt Nigerian Investors

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 Lawyer Sues FG, Others Over Military Incursion Of N’Delta, S/East

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, […]

NLNG Train-7: Bayelsa Gov’s Aide, Others Urge Kachikwu To Ensure Regional Interest

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 […]

Flood: 100 People Die In 10 States

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Floods in much of central and southern Nigeria have killed 100 people across 10 states, the country’s emergency and disasters agency said on Monday. Such flooding tends to occur every year in the rainy season, exacerbated by poor infrastructure and lack of planning to protect against inundation, but this year the destruction […]

Dokubo Creating New Entrepreneurs through Amnesty Programme; Restoring Peace In N’Delta

By Mary Agbejoh LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In line with President Mohammadu Buhari renewed drive in transforming the Niger Delta and restoring enduring peace, the Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Charles Dokubo, over the weekend presented amnesty entrepreneurs starter packs to 150 Trained Ex-Militant Youths in Bayelsa State, assuring that the Amnesty program will be […]

Ijaw Group, G24 Seeks To Enthrone Accountable Leadership In Bayelsa

By Amos Okioma An Ijaw leadership group on Wednesday called for a review of the leadership process to ensure that those who occupy public offices are answerable and accountable to the people. The group, G24 Embasara Foundation unveiled its plan at a one day summit on Visionary Leadership, Good Governance and Sustainable Development in Bayelsa […]

N’Delta Stakeholders Lashes Out At Buhari Over Statement On Restructuring

LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Some Niger Delta leaders, stakeholders and groups, yesterday, lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari over his Monday avowal that those clamouring for restructuring of the country had selfish motives, saying the President was misled as no force, including him (Buhari) can stop restructuring. President Buhari, playing host, Monday, to Urhobo leaders from […]

N’Delta: Tension Looms As Ijaw Leaders Reject Irregularities In PIB

LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leaders of oil and gas producing communities in Delta State, have vowed to resist any attempt by the National Assembly to further enslave and impoverished the host communities in the controversial Petroleum Host and Impacted Communities Development Bill. This was made known in a open letter by Gbaramatu-Egbema-Ogulagha Coastal Communities Front […]

Boroh: Corrupt APC Elements In Buhari’s Govt Influence My Sack

LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Brig-Gen Paul Boroh (rtd), former Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, has alleged that his sack was influenced by corrupt APC elements in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Boroh, notable officials in the government wanted him to share “the spoils of […]

Shell Denies Amnesty Allegations On Spills Management In Niger Delta

LAGOS MARCH 19TH NEWSRANGERS)-The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) has denied allegations of environmental mismanagement in the Niger Delta levelled against it at the weekend by Amnesty International, reiterating its commitment to swift response to oil spill incidents as much as access and security conditions permit teams to mobilise and deploy to […]

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