Okowa Faults Delay In Reconstituting NDDC Board, 3% Allocation To Host Communities
LAGOS JULY 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has faulted persisting delay in constituting the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board on excuse of ongoing forensic audit of More...
Urhobo, Ndokwa, Isoko Youths Revolt Against PIB 3% Host Community Equity Stake
LAGOS JULY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ndokwa National Youth Movement, NNYM, Sunday, described the three per cent equity participation allotted host communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, passed by the National More...
PANDEF Knocks NASS Over Newly Passed PIB Bill, Frown At NDDC Interim Management
LAGOS JULY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-PAN-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, weekend, knocked the National Assembly over the newly passed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, saying it did not meet the yearnings of the Niger-Delta people. The More...
PIB: Niger Delta Groups Reject 3% Fund For Host Communities
LAGOS JULY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-NIGER Delta leaders and prominent groups from the region have expressed mixed reactions following the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by the National Assembly. While commending More...
PIB: Urhobo Progress Union Hails National Assembly, Canvases Review Of Funding To Host Communities
LAGOS JULY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The President-General of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), Worldwide, Olorogun Moses Taiga, has commended the 9THNational Assembly for breaking the jinx trailing the Petroleum Industry Bill More...
Niger Delta Lawmakers Demand 65% Ownership of Oil Wells, Passage of PIB Bill
LAGOS JULY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-To facilitate development in the Niger Delta region, South-East and South South lawmakers have called on the Federal Government to review the ownership structure of oil wells in the More...
PIB: Ijaw Youths Vow to Resist Any Attempt to Enslave N’Delta Region
LAGOS MAY 17TH (URHOBTODAY) – Foremost Ijaw youth organisation, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), has warned those it called enemies of the Niger Delta region not to take the collective resolve of the region to allow More...