Bayelsa State Workers has joined their counterparts across the country to obey the directive of the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on the declaration of indefinite strike over the failed minimum wage negotiation with the Federation Government. Monitoring the excercise in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, our correspondent observed that there was total…
The National Vice Chairman, South-South Zone of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Chief Victor Giadom, has applauded the Governing Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, over its achievements and recent commissioning of landmark projects in the Niger Delta region. Giadom gave the plaudits when he led some National Working Committee Members…
The Government of Bayelsa State has issued a stern warning to individuals and groups parading themselves as proxies of the Movement for the Survival of the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND), its sister body, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), and similar groups to collect unauthorized levies and taxes, to desist forthwith or…
Minister Of State for Petroleum ( oil), Mr. Heineken Lokpobri has promised that his ministry would continue to support the Petroleum Training Institute, PTI, Effurun, Delta State, to enable it meet its obligations of training and provisions of middle level manpower for the oil and gas sector. The minister made the promise, weekend, during the…
The Managing Director, Chief Exectuive Officer of the Niger Delta Basin Authority, Prince Ebitimi Amgbare, has expressed the Agency’s preparedness to partner the Niger Delta University ( NDU) Amassoma in Bayelsa state for the growth and development of the Niger Delta region . Prince Amgbare stated this when he received the Vice Chancellor of the…
Key officials of the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) on Monday began a working visit to the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), stating that they were here to learn and that their country stands to gain substantially from Nigeria’s experience in local content development. Welcoming the four-member UNOC delegation at a meeting at…
The Concerned Tisun Community Women Group, CTCWG, in Warri North LGA of Delta State has issued a 14-day ultimatum to oil major, Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, to recall two (2) staff of a contracting firm recently disengaged in total disregard to the resolutions and agreement reached with the community elders. In a letter addressed to…
Youths in Nigeria have been advised to shun illegal immigration to countries overseas, and to embrace the opportunities available in the country, in other to avoid issues that accompany the “Japa Syndrome”. The call was made on thursday in Yenegoa, during the launch of the “Japa Youth project: Voices of the unheard”, initiated by Dise…