How Keyamo Schemes Out Uduaghan, Ogboru, Kachikwu For Delta Ministerial Slot
LAGOS JULY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The emergence of Festus Keyamo as the ministerial nominee for Delta State may have put on hold expectations of peace in the troubled state chapter of the party. President Muhammadu More...
NNPC Board: Buhari Replaces Ibe Kachikwu With Thomas John
LAGOS JUNE27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Thomas John, as Acting More...
PTI Warri Graduates 1,086, Highlights Challenges
By Young Erhiurhoro LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) Warri, Delta state graduated no fewer than 1,086 students graduated in this year. The graduation ceremony which was held More...
N-Delta Group Condemns New Plot To Blackmail Ibe-Kachikwu
Ibe-Kachikwu LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH(URHOBOTODAY)-A pro- Niger Delta group, the Niger Delta Oil Communities Agenda NIDOCA, has advised persons being sponsored to smear the image and reputation of Minister of State for More...
Niger Delta: No Trace Of $10b Infrastructure Fund-Stakeholders
Ibe-Kachikwu LAGOS JUNE 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Close to two years after the Federal Government launched the $10b Infrastructure Fund to stimulate development in the Niger Delta, there is no trace of the fund anywhere.In More...
Two Modular Refineries’ll Begin Operations In N’Delta Next Year
Ibe Kachikwu LAGOS MAY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Two modular refineries in the Niger Delta will commence operations in the next one year, the Federal Government announced on Wednesday. It also stated that a directive was More...
2019: Ogboru Hope Rises As APC Over Rule Kachikwu, Ochei, Ojuogboh,Others On Zoning
Chief Great Ogboru LAGOS MARCH 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Delta State All Progressives Congress, (APC) State Working Committee has dismissed decision of Delta North and South chapter of the party to zone the 2019 governorship More...
Kachikwu Escapes Death As Fire Guts Abuja Resident
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (UROBOTODAY)-The private residence of Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources, located in Asokoro, Abuja caught fire on Sunday evening. According to online sources, the fire More...
Delta NUJ Calls for Immediate Release Of Ughelli Times Publisher from DSS Cell
Publisher of Ughelli Times, Daniel Ekiugbo has been in DSS cell for the past one month LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta Sate Council, has called for the immediate release More...
House of Reps Calls For Reduction of Fuel Pump Price to N70 Per Litre
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Petroleum Products Prices Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has been advised by the House of Representatives on Tuesday to review the current price template for Premium Motor Spirit More...
Celebration of Delta @ 25 And Ifeanyi Okowa’s Blunder
Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa (Centre) during the celebration of Delta @ 25 recently at Asaba, Delta State By Fejiro Oliver LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The celebration of Delta at 25 may have come and More...
Itsekiri Urge FG to Deal with Those Fronting For Militants as Dialogue Group
Buhari LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government has been advised to be cautious of those parading themselves as Niger Delta stakeholders pressuring it to dialogue with them and those stoking the insurgency More...
Niger Delta Crisis: Ibe Kachikwu meets Clark, Other Stakeholders in Warri
Ibe Kachikwu LAGOS AUGST 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday dispatched the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu to Warri,Delta State to meet with Niger Delta Stakeholders on how More...
My Ministers, Officials Accused of Corruption Without Evidence-Buhari
Buhari LAGOS JULY 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to “discerning” Nigerians to ignore orchestrated attempts to sully the integrity of ministers and other senior government officials, More...
Buhari Sacks Ibe-Kachikwu, Approves New Board Of Directors for NNPC
Ibe-Kachikwu LAGOS JULY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a new Group Managing Director (GMD) for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). He is Dr. Maikanti More...
FG, Niger Delta Avengers Agree on One-Month Extended Ceasefire
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (UEHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian government has agreed with militant groups on a one-month ceasefire in the Niger Delta region hit by a surge in attacks on oil and gas facilities, a petroleum ministry More...
Fuel Hike: Rowdy Session at House of Reps over Kachikwu’s Presence
LAGOS MAY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The scheduled appearance of Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, at the House of Representatives on Monday has left the lower chamber bitterly divided, as lawmakers bicker More...
FG Removes Fuel Subsidy, Increases Fuel Pump Price to N145 Per Litre
LAGOS MAY 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Minister of state for petroleum resources has announced that new price for petrol starting today, 11th May, 2016 will now be N145 per litre. In a Press Statement titled ‘On More...
We are Close to the Solution of Fuel Scarcity – Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, describes the challenges in the downstream More...
One Year Ago, Buhari Promises to Change Nigeria
Buhari LAGOS APRIL 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-When Nigerians rouse from sleep on April 1, they will again head for filling stations to join the now de rigueur queues for Premium Motor Spirit. This is no big news; queueing More...
Kaduna, Warri Refineries Still Shut Down as Fuel Scarcity Bites Harder
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-As fuel scarcity continue to persist, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said of the nation’s three refineries, only the Port Harcourt refinery is operating, More...
Oil Prices Rebound, Hit 2016 High, Rise Above $40/bl
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The price of Brent crude Monday rose for the sixth consecutive trading day in a row, hitting a 2016 peak of over $40 a barrel, as buyers were encouraged by talk that the Organisation More...
United States to Resume Buying of Nigeria Crude Oil- Ibe-Kachikwu
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Minister of State for Petroleum Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachukwu has raised Nigerians’ hope about the dwindling oil revenue, with the news that the United States will now buy some crude More...
An Encounter with Uduaghan and Okowa
Uduaghan and Okowa By Fejiro Oliver LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells More...
Kachikwu Removed as OPEC President after Two Days in Office
Ibe-Kachikwu LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has removed Ibe Kachikwu as its conference president. Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum, became OPEC More...