DESOPADEC INITIATES MOVES TO EMPOWER WOMEN IN DELTA STATE

DESOPADEC INITIATES MOVES TO EMPOWER WOMEN IN DELTA STATE

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), today at the Delta State College of Education, Warri, commenced a two day empowerment training for women from the six ethnic nationalities of Itsekiri, Ijaw, Urhobo, Isoko, Ndokwa and…

Produce Opeans Nig. Ltd IADC Accreditation for BOSIET, HUET, SAS —Larry Otu Dares Ben Nwoye

Produce Opeans Nig. Ltd IADC Accreditation for BOSIET, HUET, SAS —Larry Otu Dares Ben Nwoye

*** Says #500 Million Lawsuit Against Opeans  Executive Director For Defamation Of Character Has Commenced  The Managing Director of Lym Consults Nigeria Limited, Mr. Larry Otu has challenged the Executive  Director of Opeans Nigeria Limited, Ben Obi Nwoye whose Company Opeans Nigeria…

Fraud Allegations: EFCC Seals Opeans Offshore Safety Training Centre In Warri

Fraud Allegations: EFCC Seals Opeans Offshore Safety Training Centre In Warri

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has sealed up an Offshore Safety Training Centre along Opete Road in Warri, Delta State belonging to Opeans Nigeria Limited.It was alleged that Opeans Nigeria Limited which operates an Offshore Safety…

Host Communities Will Witness Integrated, Significant Development  –Says Bashorun Askia MD/CEO DESOPADEC

Host Communities Will Witness Integrated, Significant Development –Says Bashorun Askia MD/CEO DESOPADEC

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA/Etene Prosper: The Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has assured the oil and gas bearing ethnic nationalities in the state, that the Commission will…

TROMPCON Parleys DESOPADEC, Hails Gov. Okowa on Choice of Bashorun Askia-led Board

TROMPCON Parleys DESOPADEC, Hails Gov. Okowa on Choice of Bashorun Askia-led Board

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- By Albert OGRAKA: The Traditional Rulers of the Oil Minerals Producing Communities of Nigeria (TROMPCON), Delta State Chapter, have expressed confidence in the choice of His Excellency, Sen. Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, on the appointment of Bashorun Askia…

Policy Implementation: DESOPADEC To Collaborate With Delta Assembly C’tee   -Bashorun Askia MD/CEO

Policy Implementation: DESOPADEC To Collaborate With Delta Assembly C’tee -Bashorun Askia MD/CEO

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), has said it would collaborate with the state Assembly House Committee on DESOPADEC in driving the process towards the implementation of policies and programmes of the…

ESCRAVOS, ENVIRONS ELECTRICITY PROJECT:  DELTA GOVT REASSURES OF COMPLETION

ESCRAVOS, ENVIRONS ELECTRICITY PROJECT: DELTA GOVT REASSURES OF COMPLETION

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Government says the ongoing Federal Government electrification projects for the Escravos and environs communities has reached an impressive stage. Recall that the Federal  Government had approved $64 million for power supply to Escravos…

Threat To Oil Facilities: Presidential Amnesty Coordinator Get Knocks From Conveners Of Ijaw Unity Rally And Peace

Threat To Oil Facilities: Presidential Amnesty Coordinator Get Knocks From Conveners Of Ijaw Unity Rally And Peace

** Beg Buhari To Replace Dokubo   ** Describe  His Appointment As Huge  Mistake  ** Say He Has Overstayed His Welcome  The  Conveners of the Ijaw Unity  Rally  And  Peace (IURP ) have warned the  Special Adviser to the President and Coordinator…

Okowa Vows To Make Delta Investment Destination **Unveils Platform/Newcross Petroleum (JV) Projects In Umutu

Okowa Vows To Make Delta Investment Destination **Unveils Platform/Newcross Petroleum (JV) Projects In Umutu

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa has assured that his administration was committed to the provision of  peaceful environment for investors in the state. Governor Okowa gave the assurance on Friday during the commissioning of legacy projects…

DESOPADEC Parley With Ethnic Nationalities Is Directive Of Gov. Okowa –Bashorun Askia Reveals

DESOPADEC Parley With Ethnic Nationalities Is Directive Of Gov. Okowa –Bashorun Askia Reveals

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: The Managing Director/CEO of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) Bashorun Askia Ogieh (FCNA,CrFA) has said the essence of the ongoing town hall/stakeholders meeting with oil bearing host communities, is in line…

DESOPADEC Town Hall Meeting: Bashorun Askia Assures Ijaw Of Development

DESOPADEC Town Hall Meeting: Bashorun Askia Assures Ijaw Of Development

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Managing Director/CEO of e Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh (FCNA,CrFA), has reiterated that the ongoing town hall meetings across various ethnic nationalities in the mandate areas of the Commission is to brainstorm with…

DESOPADEC Boss Askia, Parleys SEPLAT On Synergy In Developing Delta Oil Producing Communities

DESOPADEC Boss Askia, Parleys SEPLAT On Synergy In Developing Delta Oil Producing Communities

By Albert OGRAKA –Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh (FCNA,CrFA) has put measures in place to engage oil and gas prospecting companies operating within the Commission’s mandate areas…

DESOPADEC TOWN HALL MEETING: Askia Assures Host Communities Of Legacy Projects **As Isoko Nation Make Demands

DESOPADEC TOWN HALL MEETING: Askia Assures Host Communities Of Legacy Projects **As Isoko Nation Make Demands

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Managing Director/CEO of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) Bashorun Askia Ogieh (FCNA,CrFA) has assured the Isoko nation that the Commission will engage in legacy projects as part of the infrastructure and human capital development…

GROUP COMMENDS PRESIDENT BUHARI ON APPOINTMENT OF ODUBU, OKUMAGBA, OTHERS INTO NDDC BOARD

GROUP COMMENDS PRESIDENT BUHARI ON APPOINTMENT OF ODUBU, OKUMAGBA, OTHERS INTO NDDC BOARD

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): A pan Niger Delta group, the Esan Solidarity Movement of Niger Delta, ESMOND, has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the well meaning decision to constitute a substantive Board for the Niger Delta Development Commission. NDDC, with his approval…

Delta Youth Group Hail Buhari’s Approval of NDDC Board

Delta Youth Group Hail Buhari’s Approval of NDDC Board

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Isoko National Youth Council (INYC), a body of Isoko youths has has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the appointmentt of the new Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board. National President of INYC, Comrade Utomudo Fidelis Obokparo, in…

President Buhari Approves NDDC Board **Odubu (Chairman), Okumagba (MD), Erue (Delta Rep)

President Buhari Approves NDDC Board **Odubu (Chairman), Okumagba (MD), Erue (Delta Rep)

Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – President Muhammadu Buhari, has, subject to Senateconfirmation, approved the composition of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The confirmation was contained in a Press statement, issued by Olusegun A. Adekunle, Esq, (KJW) Permanent Secretary…

“We Are Committed To Driving The Vision Of Gov. Okowa Through Legal Instrumentality Of DESOPADEC”  -Says Bashorun Askia MD/CEO

“We Are Committed To Driving The Vision Of Gov. Okowa Through Legal Instrumentality Of DESOPADEC” -Says Bashorun Askia MD/CEO

-By Albert OGRAKA/ Prosper EDO: The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has assured that the present management is committed to driving the vision of His Excellency, Dr….

Bashorun Askia DESOPADEC Appointment As MD/CEO Brings Excitement To Oil Producing Host Communities In Delta

Bashorun Askia DESOPADEC Appointment As MD/CEO Brings Excitement To Oil Producing Host Communities In Delta

-By Albert OGRAKA: Deltans from oil producing communities, comprising Urhobo, Ijaw, Itsekiri, Isoko and Ndokwa ethnic nationalities, have expressed satisfaction over the appointment of the new Board of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) by Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa….

VESSEL OWNERS BLAST FG, NAVY, POLICE, INDIA GOVT OVER FREED KIDNAP VICTIMS **Wants Release of Crew Members

VESSEL OWNERS BLAST FG, NAVY, POLICE, INDIA GOVT OVER FREED KIDNAP VICTIMS **Wants Release of Crew Members

** APPEAL FOR RELEASE OF 19 CREW MEMBERS BEING DETAINED BY NIGERIAN NAVY The Owners of the Vessel, ‘MT APECUS’ have berated the Federal Government, the Nigerian Navy, the Police as well as the Indian Government over the recent release of five…

Humanitarian Needs Of North-East Beyond Nigerian Govt. –Says Wale Tinubu

Humanitarian Needs Of North-East Beyond Nigerian Govt. –Says Wale Tinubu

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Oando Plc, one of Nigeria’s largest indigenous energy companies, Mr. Wale Tinubu on Tuesday said the humanitarian needs of crisis ridden North East is beyond the Nigerian government and any international agencies. Tinubu, who led other…

WE NEED EQUITY, JUSTICE, FAIRNESS – Isoko OML 30 Cluster women cry out, Demands own CDB and GMoU from Heritage oil Firm

WE NEED EQUITY, JUSTICE, FAIRNESS – Isoko OML 30 Cluster women cry out, Demands own CDB and GMoU from Heritage oil Firm

-BY MICHAEL EKOKORUWE: Isoko women in their numbers from Isoko communities clusters of OML 30 community Development Board (CDB), has stage a peaceful protest against Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited at Oleh / Olomoro flow station, Uzere flow station, Igbide flow station…

“WE HAVE PULLED OUT OF OML 30 CDB” –Isoko Clusters Insist       ***See Attached Communique Signed By Royal Fathers, Presidents General

“WE HAVE PULLED OUT OF OML 30 CDB” –Isoko Clusters Insist ***See Attached Communique Signed By Royal Fathers, Presidents General

The Isoko clusters of Oil Producing Communities of the four flow stations that constitute a major part of the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 30 has insisted that their recent pullout from the newly constituted Community Development Board (CDB) set up to operate…

Breach Of Trust: ISOKO CLUSTERS PULL OUT OF OML 30 CDB ***Gov. Okowa Intervenes

Breach Of Trust: ISOKO CLUSTERS PULL OUT OF OML 30 CDB ***Gov. Okowa Intervenes

-From Our Correspondent: The Isoko clusters of Oil Producing Communities of the four flow stations that constitute a major part of the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 30 on Friday December 14th 2018, pulled out of the newly constituted Community Development Board (CDB)…

Buhari, Okowa, Sultan Call For Unity  … As Olu Of Warri Marks 3rd Year On Throne

Buhari, Okowa, Sultan Call For Unity … As Olu Of Warri Marks 3rd Year On Throne

PRESIDENT Mohammadu Buhari, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa and the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III on Wednesday (12/12/18), affirmed that peace is very vital for a progressive nation to be achieved.They spoke at the 3rd coronation anniversary celebration…

ISOKO NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL STAGE PEACEFUL PROTEST AGAINST HERITAGE ENERGY OIL FIRM

ISOKO NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL STAGE PEACEFUL PROTEST AGAINST HERITAGE ENERGY OIL FIRM

-By Michael EKOKORUWE: The Isoko National Youth Council led by its President Comrade Utomudo Fidelis, has staged a peaceful protest to agitate for the marginalization of Isoko youth on employment, surveillance of oil facilities and denial of contractor and managerial slots by…

OPL 245: Shell, ENI and Nigerian Ongoing Corruption?

OPL 245: Shell, ENI and Nigerian Ongoing Corruption?

The general thrust seems to be that a current OPL 245 contract tender has been rigged for corrupt purposes benefitting Shell, ENI and certain Nigerian parties. Shell has past expertise in such matters By John Donovan More information has arrived as a…

Nigeria Crude Oil: FG Earned N7.3Tn in 2017 – Amnesty Office Declares

Nigeria Crude Oil: FG Earned N7.3Tn in 2017 – Amnesty Office Declares

The Presidential Amnesty Office has said the Federal Government earned a total of N7.3 trillion in oil revenue generation in 2017. The increased earnings resulted from the relative peace in the oil-bearing communities of the Niger Delta region, said the Head of…

OKOWA IS SYMBOL OF DEVELOPMENT —COMMISSIONER GBASIN

OKOWA IS SYMBOL OF DEVELOPMENT —COMMISSIONER GBASIN

The commissioner directorate of projects in the Delta state Oil Producing Development  Commission (DSOPADEC) Mr. Phillip Gbasin has described the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa lead administration has a landmark of development in all ramifications of Delta State. The commissioner who made this known…

National Security: Delta Govt Seeks Dialoge With Avengers Over Threat To Resume Hostilities

National Security: Delta Govt Seeks Dialoge With Avengers Over Threat To Resume Hostilities

Following the recent threat by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to attack critical oil assets in the Niger Delta Region, Deputy Governor of Delta State and Chair, Delta State Advocacy Committee Against Vandalism of Oil and Gas Facilities, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro,…

Delta Urban Renewal: Sapele Industrial City (SI-CITY) Project MOU Signed ***Gov. Okowa, Orodje Of Okpe, Ilolo Commended

Delta Urban Renewal: Sapele Industrial City (SI-CITY) Project MOU Signed ***Gov. Okowa, Orodje Of Okpe, Ilolo Commended

Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and the Orodje of Okpe Kingdom have been commended for keying into the establishment of Sapele Industrial City (SICITY) project and ensuring the successful signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by the Host Communities….

Maritime Varsity: Sack AGF Now, Group Tells Buhari

Maritime Varsity: Sack AGF Now, Group Tells Buhari

Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –:  The Niger Delta Indigenous Mment For Radical Change (NDIMRC), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF), Abubakar Malami now over a purported memo emanating from him on the location of…

APC Leader, Johnny Chides AGF Malami On Plot To Relocate Maritime Varsity In Delta

APC Leader, Johnny Chides AGF Malami On Plot To Relocate Maritime Varsity In Delta

Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –:  Prominent Niger Delta Activist and leader in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West local government area of Delta state, High Chief Micheal Johnny has condemned the purported memo emanating from the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, .Abubakar Malami…

Ajakurama, Gelegele, Egbema People Celebrate Operation Crocodile Smile II Rescue Mission

Ajakurama, Gelegele, Egbema People Celebrate Operation Crocodile Smile II Rescue Mission

Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –:  The people of Ajakurama, Gelegele and Egbema kingdom in Warri North Local government Area of Delta State are celebrating following the total take over of the communities by the Operation crocodile smile phase 11 officers who stormed…

GROUP WARNS AGAINST FRUSTRATING PETROLEUM MINISTER, KACHIKWU ***CLAIMS MINISTER'S LIFE UNDER THREAT FROM NORTHERN CABAL  ***WANTS SCANDAL IN NNPC INVESTIGATED  *** CALLS FOR SUSPENSION OF NNPC BOSS

GROUP WARNS AGAINST FRUSTRATING PETROLEUM MINISTER, KACHIKWU ***CLAIMS MINISTER'S LIFE UNDER THREAT FROM NORTHERN CABAL ***WANTS SCANDAL IN NNPC INVESTIGATED *** CALLS FOR SUSPENSION OF NNPC BOSS

Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –:  THE Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC), has warned against frustrating the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu just as it claimed that the life of the Minister was under threat. The…

NO NIGER DELTA STRUGGLE BUT IJAW STRUGGLE —Dr Ebi Franklin Waboke

NO NIGER DELTA STRUGGLE BUT IJAW STRUGGLE —Dr Ebi Franklin Waboke

Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Dr Ebi Franklin Waboke:  The Niger Delta referred to and meant by the ijaw struggle is strictly and unchangeably the area occupied by the ijaws, the aboriginal tribe of the delta basin of River Niger partitioned into…

Uduaghan Offers Recipes For N'Delta Challenge  *Seeks "Carrot And Stick" Approach, Expanded Engagement Process

Uduaghan Offers Recipes For N'Delta Challenge *Seeks "Carrot And Stick" Approach, Expanded Engagement Process

Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: Delta Nigeria’s Delta state former governor, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, has advised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to ensure that governors in the once oil and gas rich Niger Delta region were part of the…