Author: Preye Okah

Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO), operator of the NNPC / Aiteo Joint Venture on OML 29 has resumed production after an oil leak at its Nembe swamp facility in OML 29 in Bayelsa State. Aiteo’s spokesman, Matthew Ndiana, said the programme of resumption of production would go on while continuing with other statutory spill management protocols. Ndiana said the spill had been noticed on Monday, June 17 during routine operations. “AEEPCO’s Oil Spill and Emergency Response Team was immediately activated and all production from OML 29 shut down. “This is a precautionary measure, while mobilizing additional resources to…

Chief Timipre Sylva, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 11, 2023 Bayelsa State Governorship Election and former Minister of State, Petroleum, has expressed dissatisfaction with the Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal judgment. Sylva in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs, Julius Bokoru, said after meeting with elders and stakeholders of the party he had directed his legal team to immediately seek justice at the Court of Appeal. Before the judgment, Sylva had accused the tribunal of bias following several infractions observed by his lawyers during the hearing of the case.…

Mr. Festus Daumiebi, a Niger Delta Youth activist, has sued Nigerian Army, the Chief of Army Staff, the Chief of Defence Staff and the Attorney General of the Federation for infringing on his fundamental human rights when the army invaded Igbomotoru community in South Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State in March, 2024. Daumiebi is asking the court to award to him the sum of N20.4billion as punitive, exemplary and special damages against the defendants for infringing on his fundamental rights. The plaintiff, who was a candidate of the All Progressives’ Congress for the 2019 Bayelsa-Central Senatorial seat and…

In view of the prevailing high cost of food in the Niger Delta, the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Basin Development Authority, NDBDA, Prince Ebitimi Amgbare, has said that the agency would work with the Niger Delta University in Bayelsa State to create food security in the region. Amgbare disclosed this when the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Allen Agih, paid him a courtesy call at the agency’s headquarters in Port Harcourt. The vice-chancellor had said the university was prepared to make its experts available for the agency to use to find a way of creating food security in…

The National President of Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof Benjamin Okaba, has warned against attempts to frustrate the government of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. Okaba, who gave the warning in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State when a delegation of Rivers Ijaw Peoples Congress (RIPC) led by Senator George Sekibo, visited him at Ijaw House, said Fubara was the undisputed Governor of Rivers State. He warned that the political crisis in the state could further degenerate if not properly handled, regretting that Ijaws were divided in the feud between the Rivers State Governor and his predecessor now Minister of the FCT,…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in Edo State to capture qualified voters that are not on the voters’ register against the forthcoming election in the state. The commission said the registration would last for 10 days commencing from May 27 to June 5, 2024. The National Electoral Commissioner in charge of Edo State, Prof. Rhoda Gumus, disclosed this on Thursday during a stakeholders’ meeting held at the commission’s head office in Benin. The National Commissioner whose speech was read by Dr. Anugum Onuoha, Edo State Residential Electoral Commissioner, said the exercise…

The Swedish government has resolved to return 39 pieces of Benin artifacts in her museum to the custody of Oba of Benin, Ewuara II. The Swedish Ambassador to Nigeria, Her Excellency Annika Hahn-Englund, conveyed the Swedish government’s decision when she paid a courtesy visit to Oba of Benin Palace in Benin City, Edo State. Ambassador Hahn-Englund informed the royal father that Sweden and Nigeria, which is Sweden’s second largest market in Sub-Sahara Africa, are trading partners in infrastructure, telecommunication, energy and other businesses that supported the economies significantly. The Swedish envoy, said, “I would like to mention that with cooperation,…

Rivers State Governor, Mr. Siminalayi Fubara, has said he would institute a panel of inquiry to investigate how the affairs of governance were conducted in the state before he assumed office. The governor gave the hint when he swore in Mr. Dagogo Iboroma, SAN, as the new Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of the State at Government House in Port Harcourt. Fubara said Iboroma was coming on board at a critical time that there were lots of legal matters, that needed to be tackled, with bravery. He said, “Why are we bringing you at this very critical time? We have…

The National President of Ijaw National Congress, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, has said that the Niger Delta Region has never been handed anything freely, arguing that all that the region has got have been fought for through enduring agitations. Speaking in Yenagoa at the celebration of the 56th memorial death of late Ijaw hero, Isaac Adaka Boro, Prof Okaba, threatened that the Ijaw would exit Nigeria out of frustration if they continued to fight for the things they rightfully deserved. He also warned that the governorship of Siminalayi Fubara in Rivers State should not be tampered with. “We fought to have…

Bayelsans have pleaded with the prosperity government of Governor Douye Diri to as a matter of urgency, provide potable water for her citizens. They made the plea recently, when members of the Federated Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists went round Yenagoa metropolis to feel the pulse of the people. The Douye Diri administration had governed for four years without providing potable water for Yenagoa residents but in his second term inauguration speech, hinted that he will provide potable water for Bayelsans. Diri said: “Pivotal in our second tenure will be to address potable water distribution challenges via…