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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Amos Okioma,Yenagoa. LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal government of Nigeria and International Oil Companies operating in the Niger Delta Region has been called upon to urgently address the glaring neglect and underdevelopment as the only panacea in the region.This was contained in a press release by Wanama Onya and made available to Authority in…