As the fate of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) remained uncertain, stakeholders in the country’s oil and gas sector, have described the delay as an embarrassment to the country. They believed that if Ghana, which took clue from Nigeria’s PIB to develop its petroleum law could pass the bill in record time, Nigeria should have […]
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The Federal Government on Tuesday reiterated its commitment to build modular refineries in oil-producing areas of the Niger Delta. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, made the commitment as part of efforts to woo businessmen at the offshore technology conference holding in Houston, United States. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo had on March […]
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Great Ovedje Ogboru has advised the progressive and bystanders Deltans, especially those who believe only through him they will support and vote for APC at the pool in 2019 to remain steadfast and stand tall for the struggle in waiting for the election glory in 2019. Chief Great Ogboru who noted when Team APC Rescue […]
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The Federal Government plans to award to indigenes of the region marginal fields’ oil blocks abandoned by the oil majors as being not commercially viable. The plan is in line with the government’s larger objective of reducing major incidents of restiveness to about 90 per cent by next year. Over the years, there have been […]
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Governors of the Niger Delta region are beginning to indicate interest in the Federal Government proposed Modular Refinery project as implementation efforts on the President Muhammadu Buhari’s New Vision for the oil-producing communities in the region progress. This came as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN on Thursday met with critical stakeholders including a delegations from […]
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The news report over the weekend indicates that the Federal Government has “directed” oil companies operating in Nigeria to relocate their headquarters to the Niger Delta where their main exploration and production activities take place. This directive was ascribed to Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, while speaking at a town hall meeting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom […]
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Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources, says the target of the federal government is to end militancy in the Niger Delta region by middle of 2017. Going by the fact that the first month of the is ending on Tuesday, the government has just five months to achieve its target. He said Nigeria […]
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Niger Delta militants on Saturday threatened ‘war’ while dissociating themselves from the meeting elders from the oil-rich region had with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, last Tuesday. Apart from distancing themselves from the meeting, they warned the Federal Government not to rejoice yet over the recent rise in oil production in the country, threatening […]
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Leaders of the Niger Delta region have presented a 16-point demand to President Muhammadu Buhari, handing out proposals they say would help restore peace to the oil-rich region. The demands were presented Tuesday at a meeting between the leaders and the president. Governors and ministers from the region, alongside political leaders including Edwin Clark and […]
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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, said corruption in the oil and gas industry was overblown. Kachikwu said this in Abuja on Thursday at a news briefing shortly after the launch of the new roadmap tagged “The 7 Big Wins”. “I think sometimes the corruption indices in Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation […]
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