Down With Akpabiorisation of N’Delta, Long Live Biafra! 

Are the current crop of Eastern Nigeria political leaders inept? The likes of the late Sam Mbakwe of the Second Republic Imo State will not act the way the governors of today are acting as far as the Biafra agitation is concerned. Is like the governors lack initiative, courage or are just scared. For some […]

Aggrieved N’Delta Youths Threaten to Ground Oil Production over NDDC Board

The seeming reluctance by the Buhari administration to constitute the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as repeatedly demanded by the governors of the oil-producing states and interest groups is fueling fresh unease in the oil and gas region. The vastly polluted oil region can erupt in a renewed orgy of violence any […]

In A’Ibom, Wike Blasts N’Delta Enemies, Breaks Ground for Industrial Projects 

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says the gas and fertilizer projects of the Udom administration in Akwa Ibom State will not only transform the economy of the state but will create employment opportunities for the people. He also took on those propagating  the conspiracy theory that the Niger Delta is unsafe, saying they are […]

Cancer Epidemic Looms in Niger Delta, Other Oil Producing Regions, Report Says

Prospects for an outbreak of cancer epidemic in the oil-bearing communities of the vastly polluted Niger Delta are currently not impossible, going by a worrisome report. A new report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARCWHO), part of the UN World Health OrganiSation (WHO) says people working in the petroleum industry or living […]

It costs more to construct roads in Niger Delta – Gov Ishaku

Taraba Governor, Arc. Darius Ishaku, said governments in Niger Delta States deserved accolades for infrastructure development as projects, especially roads cost more to build in the region than in the North because of the terrain. Ishaku stated this on Friday in Asaba while inaugurating road projects in the capital city and Okpanam. The projects are […]

Niger Delta, Global Focal Point for Oil Crime, Says EU-funded Report

European Union (EU) funded project, Organised Oil Crime in Nigeria: The Delta paradox – organised criminals or community saviours?, published by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) says the Niger Delta is a global focal point for oil crime. The report is jointly written by Robin Cartwright, a Senior Fellow at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised […]

CSO raises concern over conflict in pipeline security surveillance in N/Delta

A civil society group on the platform of Conduct and Due Process Group has raised an alarm that the peace and tranquility enjoyed by the residents of areas where oil production facilities are situated may soon come to an abrupt end if the conflict between the two pipeline security surveillance companies are not settled. The […]

Niger Delta And The Zamfara Gold Wahala

Without the doubt, the EndSARS protest is an expression of deep-seated anger of a greater majority of the citizenry who have been suffering untold deprivation, neglect, and marginalisation for too long, against the unjust Nigerian state. The Nigeria Police happens to be the immediate victim of the angry citizens who are no longer willing to […]

Nigeria: Niger Delta Militants Set For Fresh Bombings In Protest Against Worsening Living Condition

Piqued by the worrisome poor condition of living in Nigeria, militants of the Niger Delta, the country’s main oil and gas region, have threatened to further collapse oil revenue by renewing insurgency in the region in support of the ongoing protest against police brutality. The aggrieved militants on the platform of Reformed Niger Delta Avengers […]

Nemesis! Oil Governors Raise Judicial Panels To Probe Implicated Police Officers

The ongoing demand for an end to police brutality, corruption and impunity by protesters in Nigeria is taking an interesting new turn in the Niger Delta. Some of the oil governors have started to institute a judicial panel of inquiry to investigate allegations of abuses by law enforcement agents. In Akwa Ibom State, Governor Udom Emmanuel […]