Tag: Niger Delta

The inauguration of the  Management Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) last week, the second under President Buhari, was greeted with mixed reactions...

Nigeria is a funny country. Ours is perhaps the only country in the world where we make use of ex-militants to protect our crude...

In Nigeria’s resource-rich but hunger ravaged communities of the Niger Delta, young men aspire to be one of many things; a militant, pirate, warlord,...

Autolycus in Ancient Greek mythology achieved fame and notoriety for being a successful robber and trickster whom no one could catch. He was a...

ABUJA - It is a sad day for Niger Delta as the curtain has fallen on the life of a former Coordinator of the...

By NATHAN NWAKAMMA YENAGOA- Retired Col. Milland Dikio, Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), has appealed to the Niger Delta people in the Diaspora to...

By PHENOMENA ATTAH ABUJA- Mr Milland Dikio, the Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), says the programme is partnering with the European Union (EU) to...

ABUJA - Senator Godswill Akpabio, Niger Delta Affairs has resigned in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive. The President during Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC)...

By ISAIAH EKA Ikot Ekpene- Sen. Godswill Akpabio, former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs says he joined the 2023 presidential race to consolidate the...

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Commission, NDDC, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has reiterated their commitment to improving the live of an average...

Has Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, lost his trenchant voice to the serpentine politics of Aso Rock? Has the fabled Lion of Ubima been...

Symbols, like gestures, are central features of organised human society. They are crucial for constructing or interpreting meanings and ideations. Few universal symbols permeate...

For the record and for posterity, it is imperative to state that oil found in the Niger Delta region belongs to the people of...

Nigeria is Africa's largest oil producer and the 13th largest oil producer in the world, with a maximum crude production capacity of 2.5 million...

Ossai Ovie Success, the Special Assistant on Media to the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has slammed the father of Nigerian cross dresser,...

Civil Society Organisation, Niger Delta Elders Forum (NDEF) has reacted to President Buhari’s silence on his commitments to make public the entire report of the...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday denied allegation by Chief Edwin Clark, that he (Obasanjo) bore resentment against the people of the Niger Delta...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied claims that he hated people of Niger Delta origin. He said this in an open letter to respond to...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo; Chairman of Zenith Bank, Jim Ovia; are among the dignitaries expected at the bi-annual symposium dedicated to the memory of...

The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has urged leaders in the Niger Delta to de-emphasise their personal interests and work together to tackle...