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Nigeria May Become Desert, NCF Warns
By Grace Alegba Lagos, – Nigeria is losing about a half kilometre of its land mass annually to desert encroachment and time is of essence before the entire country […]
Niger Delta
Opinion
Unnecessary Kanu-phobia, By Aniebo Nwamu
Nnamdi Kanu always strikes while the iron is hot. His reappearance after more than one year has dominated discussions online and offline, generating anxiety in some quarters and ecstasy in others. Some political candidates are […]
News
Niger Delta Groups Condemn Smear Campaign On Kachikwu
By Nathan Nwakamma Yenagoa, – A coalition of leaders from nine states of the Niger Delta on Wednesday criticised ongoing smear campaign targeted at Dr Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources. The […]
Business
Nigeria, Shell’s onshore roots still run deep
* Shell says reducing presence in onshore Nigerian fields * But onshore production remains above 50pct of total * Most of the increase is due to new gas production * Spill volumes remain persistently high […]
News
Navy inducts 1,103 new sailors to fight insurgents, oil thieves
Onne (Rivers) – No fewer than 1,103 new sailors have been inducted into the Nigerian Navy to complement the joint military operations in the North-East, Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea. Minister of Defence […]
News
Institute mechanism to check harassment by Police personnel, Dickson tasks I-G
By Nathan Nwakamma Yenagoa – Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has urged the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police Mr Ibrahim Idris, to institute a mechanism to check the recurring harassment of innocent citizens by police […]
News
Okowa urges new GOC 6th Div to sustain existing security in Niger Delta
Asaba – Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has charged Maj.-Gen. Jamiu Sarham, the new General Officer Commanding (GOC), Sixth Division of the Nigerian Army, Port-Harcourt, to sustain the current peace and security in the […]