NAVY DESTROYS ILLEGAL REFINERIES IN DELTA, BENIN-RIVER BASIN **WARN OPERATORS

NAVY DESTROYS ILLEGAL REFINERIES IN DELTA, BENIN-RIVER BASIN **WARN OPERATORS

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -From Ambrose OLOGIDE/Warri: The Flag Officer Commanding ( FOC ) Central Naval Command, Rear Admiral Suleiman Garba, has warned operators of illegal refineries to desist from the criminal act or face severe punishments. Rear Admiral Garba handed down…

Economic Sabotage: Illegal Oil Exploration Causes Spillage In Anambra

Economic Sabotage: Illegal Oil Exploration Causes Spillage In Anambra

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -From Sunny A. DAVID: AQUATIC life, agricultural activities and ecosystem were brought to a halt on Wednesday in Ogwu-Anaocha and Ogwu- Ikpere Communities in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. The incident which was as a result…

Bashorun Askia Presents DESOPADEC Board, Mgt Condolences To Okowa *As Commission Consoles Gov

Bashorun Askia Presents DESOPADEC Board, Mgt Condolences To Okowa *As Commission Consoles Gov

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –Editor Members of the Board and Management of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, (DESOPADEC), has paid a condolence visit to the State Governor, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, on the death of his father. The Managing…

Owhefere: Bashorun Askia Condoles Delta Assembly Speaker, Members *Says TKO Was Loyal Friend, Brother, Confidant

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA, has expressed deep sadness over the death ofthe Majority Leader in the Delta State House of Assembly, representing…

Gov Okowa Does Not Interfere In Running Of DESOPADEC, Says Bashorun Askia

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): …Launches DESOPADEC Skills Academy The Managing Director of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, says Governor Ifeanyi Okowa does not interfere with the running of the commission. Askia said DESOPADEC, an interventionist…

Agbor Gas Explosion: Delta Govt Deposits N3m For Victims’ Treatment In UBTH, Benin

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -From Donald OJEBO: As part of efforts to assist the victims of the gas explosion which occurred on Friday (22/01/2021) in Agbor, the Delta State Government has deposited the sum of three million naira for the continuation of…

Isoko Youths Fume, Make 7 Strong Demands From Federal, Delta Govts

Isoko Youths Fume, Make 7 Strong Demands From Federal, Delta Govts

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Government Intervention On The Issue of Insecurity Conversion Of Ozoro Polytechnic To A Federal Polytechnic Inclusion Of Isoko Youths In The Non-Violent Phase Of The Amnesty Programme Call For The Sack Of NDDC Sole Administrator… Threatens To Shutdown…

DESOPADEC Boss Harps On Entrepreneurship, As Commission’s Skills Academy Starts Soon

DESOPADEC Boss Harps On Entrepreneurship, As Commission’s Skills Academy Starts Soon

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has assured that the much anticipated Skills Academy by the Commission will take off in the new year. Bashorun…

13% Derivation: Okowa Not Against Communities’ Agitation – Spokesman

13% Derivation: Okowa Not Against Communities’ Agitation – Spokesman

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Mr Olisa Ifeajika, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, says the Governor is not in any way against the clamour by oil-bearing communities to be given funds directly from the 13 per cent Derivation Fund….

Seplat PEARLs Quiz: St. Michael College Benin Wins 9th Edition **Delta To Host 10th Edition

Seplat PEARLs Quiz: St. Michael College Benin Wins 9th Edition **Delta To Host 10th Edition

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: St. Michael College Benin, Edo State, has grabbed the grand prize of N7 million at the just concluded 9th edition of the NPDC/Seplat Preparing Exceptional and Responsible Leaders (PEARLs) quiz competition.  The annual PEARLs quiz competition…

Isoko Nation, Groups Kick Over Zamfara, CBN N5Bn Gold Deal **Berate FG’s Injustice In Niger Delta Region

Isoko Nation, Groups Kick Over Zamfara, CBN N5Bn Gold Deal **Berate FG’s Injustice In Niger Delta Region

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: Isoko Nation has kicked against the alleged sale of a bar of Zamfara gold to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for N5 billion by the Zamfara state government and supported the Deputy Senate President…

ISOKO ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA 6-POINT DEMAND FROM FGN

PRESS RELEASE OFISOKO ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA (IANA)ON THE DEMANDS OF THE ISOKO NATION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA The Isoko Association of North America (IANA) is the umbrella organisation of people of Isoko descent living in North America, committed to…

DESOPADEC Intervention In Isoko: Bashorun Askia Reels Out Score Card

Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Albert OGRAKA, OLEH Managing Director/CEO of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh has revealed that the Commission has delivered 41 projects, while 29 others in the pipeline are already awarded and…

DESOPADEC Commissions Projects Across Isoko *Askia Gets Commendation

DESOPADEC Commissions Projects Across Isoko *Askia Gets Commendation

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: The Board of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, (DESOPADEC), led by the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA has commissioned all completed projects executed by the Commission in Isoko…

Ibori @ 62: Bashorun Askia Says DESOPADEC Among Ibori’s Imperishable Legacies

Ibori @ 62: Bashorun Askia Says DESOPADEC Among Ibori’s Imperishable Legacies

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA has felicitated with the former Governor of Delta State, His Excellency, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, as…

Encomiums Pour In As Bashorun Askia Led DESOPADEC Unveils More Projects In Delta

Encomiums Pour In As Bashorun Askia Led DESOPADEC Unveils More Projects In Delta

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The people of Urhobo Ethnic Nation have joined many other Deltans to pour encomiums on the Bashorun Askia Ogieh led Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), as they unveil landmark projects executed by…

DESOPADEC 1st Anniversary: Bashorun Askia Urges Protection Of Executed Projects

DESOPADEC 1st Anniversary: Bashorun Askia Urges Protection Of Executed Projects

**As Delta Speaker, Novena Varsity Boss, NAPS Senate, Others Laud Bashorun Askia led Board –Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA has urged the…

NDDC: Nwaoboshi Debunks Allegation Of Handling of 53 Contracts …Urges Akpabio to account for N81bn

NDDC: Nwaoboshi Debunks Allegation Of Handling of 53 Contracts …Urges Akpabio to account for N81bn

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi has distanced himself from the list of contractors handling projects for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC as contained in a letter by the…

OUR NIGER DELTA AND THE STORY OF MAGGOTS

OUR NIGER DELTA AND THE STORY OF MAGGOTS

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Austen AKHAGBEME: With the offensive stench coming out of the Niger Delta Development Commission, one wonders what has become of Patriotism, accountability and the love for one another in Nigeria. The Agency, which was designed to…

How Ex-Warlord, Tompolo’s Maritime Security Contract Boosted NIMASA’s Revenue —-Jamoh

How Ex-Warlord, Tompolo’s Maritime Security Contract Boosted NIMASA’s Revenue —-Jamoh

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): More than five years after the termination by the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA), of maritime security contract it entered with Global West Specialist Vessels Limited, a company said to be sponsored by ex-warlord, Chief  Government Ekpemupolo,…

Own Your Projects, Motivate Us To Do More –Bashorun Askia Tasks Communities

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): …Commissions Doctors’ Quarters At Naifor Island, Warri South West LGA Another milestone in the annals of project execution and commissioning was recorded Thursday, June 25, 2020 as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Oil Producing…

DESOPADEC TOUR OF PROJECTS IN URHOBO NATION: Bashorun Askia Expresses Satisfaction

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): As the inspection of ongoing projects by the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) continues, the Managing Director/CEO,, Bashorun Askia Ogieh has expressed satisfaction with the projects, The Management Team of the Commission, led by Bashorun…

Bashorun Askia Leads DESOPADEC Management On Project Inspecton In Isoko, Ndokwa Nation

Blank NEWS Online (Nigeria) –By Boniface Nzesi OSSAI & Franscisca EGARA-OKORO: In its avowed commitment to put smiles on the faces of the people of the Mandate Areas, the Management Team of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), yesterday,…

Global West Vessel Specialists Ltd Not Involved In Oil Facilities’ Surveillance In Niger-Delta Region –Says Management

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The  Global West Vessels Specialists Ltd, ( GWVSL)  said on Sunday that it has never  been involved in surveillance of oil facilities in the Niger Delta region, making it clear that it is not even interested in surveillance…

Bashorun Askia Speaks On Impact Of Covid-19 On Oil Bearing Delta Communities And Way Forward

Bashorun Askia Speaks On Impact Of Covid-19 On Oil Bearing Delta Communities And Way Forward

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -Edited By Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, speaks on the Impact of COVID-19 on Oil Bearing Communities of the Niger Delta region and…

Covid-19: DESOPADEC Takes Bold Preventive Measures **Approves Fumigation, Decontamination Of Offices

Covid-19: DESOPADEC Takes Bold Preventive Measures **Approves Fumigation, Decontamination Of Offices

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- By Bawo Akpo OFERE/Albert OGRAKA: In a bid to ensure the safety of staff, ahead of the partial resumption to work after the government lockdown order, necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development…

When Nations Triumph Over Adversaries, It’s Down To Labour’s Sacrifice –Odio Bashorun Askia

When Nations Triumph Over Adversaries, It’s Down To Labour’s Sacrifice –Odio Bashorun Askia

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Odio Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA, has felicitated with workers across the globe, as they mark Labour Day on…

HERITAGE ENERGY OPERATIONAL SERVICES PROVIDES SUPPORT TO HOST COMMUNITIES

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited (HEOSL) the operator of OML 30 has taken very definitive action to cushion the impact of the novel COVID-19 pandemic on its host communities. Acting on behalf of the joint venture partners, NPDC…

RETRENCHMENT LOOMS: HERITAGE OIL FIRM MARGINALIZES ISOKO HOST COMMUNITIES IN OML 30 *IDU Seeks Okowa’s Intervention

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Michael EKOKORUWE: Isoko nation is constrained to unravel the hidden intentions of the management of Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited, manager of the Oil Mining Lease 30 Isoko cluster groups, as the company writes to send hosts…

DESOPADEC EMPOWERS DELTA WOMEN IN OIL BEARING COMMUNITIES **MARKS NT’L WOMEN’S DAY

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): In response to its earlier promise, the Management of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), has fulfilled the pledge of giving succor to women of oil bearing communities in the State, by doling out cheques, valued…

Bashorun Askia Lifts DESOPADEC Laurel At  Independent Newspapers Awards

Bashorun Askia Lifts DESOPADEC Laurel At Independent Newspapers Awards

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), has lifted one of the annual Independent Newspapers Awards, as “Agency Of The Year”. The Managing Director/CEO of DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, received the…

LASSA FEVER: DESOPADEC MOVES TO AVERT SPREAD IN MANDATE AREAS

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Ted ATAGBAZA: To compliment the efforts of the State government on measures to curb the spread of the dreaded Lassa fever virus in Nigeria, the Board of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC,…

True Story Of Bashorun Askia’s Penchant For Entrepreneurship Among Youths, Womenfolk

True Story Of Bashorun Askia’s Penchant For Entrepreneurship Among Youths, Womenfolk

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA (Editor): The good intentions in the human resource policy of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration in Delta State, have started yielding good fruits, as the wealth creation strategies are being carefully replicated in the oil and…

OLEH WOMEN STAGE PROTEST TO HERITAGE ENERGY OIL FIRM OVER AWARD OF PUMPS RENTAL SERVICES CONTRACT

OLEH WOMEN STAGE PROTEST TO HERITAGE ENERGY OIL FIRM OVER AWARD OF PUMPS RENTAL SERVICES CONTRACT

**As Hon. Kenneth Ogba Sues For Peaceful Dialogue -Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Michael EKOKORUWE: Oleh Community women in their numbers on Monday staged a peaceful protest to Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited Oleh, at Oleh – Olomoro Field /Flow Station cluster…

Service Delivery: Gov. Okowa Desirous To Change Narrative In DESOPADEC -Bashorun Askia

*Aa Commission Holds Management Retreat For Board Members, HODs @ Lagos Business School -Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa is desirous to change the narrative in the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, (DESOPADEC) and…

“I Will Not Fail Our Good People Of Delta State” –Bashorun Askia Pledges At Thanksgiving

“I Will Not Fail Our Good People Of Delta State” –Bashorun Askia Pledges At Thanksgiving

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has said he decided to appreciate God for using Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to bring him to limelight…

DESOPADEC Boss Bashorun Askia Leads Officials On Project Inspection In Isoko Nation

DESOPADEC Boss Bashorun Askia Leads Officials On Project Inspection In Isoko Nation

Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA says the Commission has commenced the inspection of projects to ascertain the level of work done…

DESOPADEC Boss Appeals To Stakeholders On Sustainable Peace To Fast-Track Development

DESOPADEC Boss Appeals To Stakeholders On Sustainable Peace To Fast-Track Development

Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), has appealed to traditional rulers, youth and community leaders in the various communities that form the oil producing areas of the State to continue to maintain…

2020: “WE’LL BE TRANSPARENT, SURMOUNT OUR CHALLENGES”  –SAYS BASHORUN ASKIA, DESOPADEC MD/CEO

2020: “WE’LL BE TRANSPARENT, SURMOUNT OUR CHALLENGES” –SAYS BASHORUN ASKIA, DESOPADEC MD/CEO

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), has pledge to run a transparent and people-oriented Commission, that is accountable at all times to all stakeholders. The pledge is contained in a 2020 unique…