Oil & Gas

Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has said that the expected take-off of the Maritime University, Okerenkoko would consolidate on the existing peace and security in the Niger Delta Region.

He adding that for so many years running, the commission has not done anything for the people of the oil-rich Udu LGA of the state, stressing that the purpose for which the agency was established has been defeated.

A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Delta State, Dr. Wilson Omene has describe as criminal and impeachable offence for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to continue to withhold 50% of the 13% derivation funds accruable to the Delta State Oil Producing Development Commission, (DESOPADEC).

The Federal Government of Nigeria, 36 states and the 774 local councils in the country, shared an extra N46.6 billion in May; bring the total revenue shared to the three tiers of government to N462.4 billion.

Department of State Services (DSS) has released from Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited from detention after several weeks.

After 17 years of consideration, the Senate on Thursday passed the much anticipated Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law as the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB).

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The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, the umbrella body of oil workers, has called off its nationwide strike which began on April 2, over bridging cost and extortion by soldiers posted to the high-ways.

The final burial rite of the mother of Netherlands-based Nigerian environmental right activist, Comrade Sunny Ofehe has been scheduled to hold …

By Akpos Oghenetega,   The All Progressive Congress, APC, Delta State chapter has called on the Delta State House of …