Category: Oil/Gas

Tantita Upgrade Surveillance As American Firm Sets To Supply Sophisticated Drones

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Tantita Security Services Limited has designed an upgraded device to track and tackle oil theft as American defence technology company Textron Systems has signed an agreement to supply advanced surveillance drones to protect critical oil and gas infrastructure in the Niger Delta.   The American Defence Textron Systems will provide three Aerosonde Mk 4.7 Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) drones to Tantita, a private company engaged by the Nigerian government, owned by Niger Delta security contractor, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo.   Aerosonde Mk 4.7…

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Okpe Leaders Reject ‘Abigborodo Oil Field’ Name, Fault Uduaghan’s Claims

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    Leaders of the Sapele Okpe Community have released a detailed rejoinder rejecting claims by the Alema of Warri Kingdom, Chief Emmanuel Oritsejolomi Uduaghan, over the ownership and naming of the proposed Abigborodo Oil Field in Petroleum Prospecting Licence 220 (PPL 220), insisting that the land belongs to Okpe people.   The leaders issued the statement in response to a Facebook post credited to Uduaghan, which asserted that the oil field was rightly named after Abigborodo Community. The Okpe leaders said the claims were misleading and contradicted by colonial…

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UHCDT Tasks Host Communities Of OML 30 On PIA Compliance, Accountability At Training

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  Host communities in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 30, have urged oil companies to consistently engage community leaders, stakeholders and members of Boards of Trustees in implementing the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) to avoid conflicts of interest and ensure sustainable development. The call was made by the Uherevie Host Communities Development Trust (UHCDT) during a one-day capacity development training held on Thursday at Wetland Hotel in Ughelli, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. Speaking during the programme, Chairman of the Uherevie Host Communities Development Trust, Comrade Pender Agwarive,…

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EX-agitators Urge Diri To Broker Peace  Among Amnesty Stakeholders

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    By Julius Agadaga, Yenagoa   Ex-agitators under the aegis of Third Phase  Presidential Amnesty Programme PAP,  Bayelsa State Chapter, has called on Bayelsa State governor Senator Douye Diri to settle a rift among some stakeholders in the Presidential Amnesty Programme. A statement issued in Yenagoa and signed by its State Chairman, Gen. Stanley Abiri, a.k.a ‘Faceless,  Secretary General, Okorotie Engobo and Chief Steven Ogei, and made available to newsmen strongly appeal to governor Diri to use his good office to broker peace among wrangling parties in the Presidential…

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PAP: Third Phase Inaugurates New EXCO In Bayelsa

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By Idibhar Julius/Yenagoa     Third Phase beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme PAP, Bayelsa State chapter, has inaugurated a new leadership to pilot its affairs . The election to the various positions of the body which took place at the Kanlayou- Kanlayouu- Hotel ,, Yenagoa, the state capital produced the following executives: Gen. Stanley Abiri, emerged as Chairman, Vice Chairman, Daubo Gilbert, Secretary, Engobor Okorotie, Assistant Secretary, Chief Jerry Cole, Publicity Secretary, Tare Job and Financial Secretary, Pereowei Inesei. Others are Clement Ebikeme,, Mobilization Officer, Akpana Thank God, Welfare…

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At 70, I Owe All Life Has Given Me To God – Ejovi

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      FOUNDER of Ejovi Family Foundation, Chief Johnbull Ejovi has said that he owed all that life has given him to God having lost his father when he was 12.   Ejovi stated this at at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State, during an event organized by his children and family to mark his 70th birthday anniversary.     He said, “The journey of my life is far compared to where I am coming from and whatever thing I have done that made the children to put…

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SHUTDOWN OF FUEL DEPOTS/STATIONS: TIME TO PURGE OIL INDUSTRY OF THE NUISANCES CALLED NUPENG, PENGASSAN

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By Zik Gbemre     Of what relevance to the common man is the show of might by NUPENG, forcing fuel stations and fuel depots to shutdown for Monday 8th September 2025 and Tuesday 9th September 2025 before the call off?   The entire economy of the country was paralysed for this thoughtless and reckless shutdowns of fuel depots and fuel stations. Nigerian common man is architect of his own problem. Is NUPENG protecting the interest of the common man or selfish interests of few individuals? NUPENG and PENGASSAN have…

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INC Drums Support For PINL As Women Applaud Inclusion

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By Idibhar Julius/Yenagoa,     The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has called on host communities and stakeholders in the Niger Delta to give full support to Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL), the surveillance firm securing the Eastern Corridor, including the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP). Speaking at PINL stakeholders meeting in Bayelsa State, INC President, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, praised the company for its zero-infraction record on the TNP over the past months and  its consistent engagement with host communities. “PINL has shown they are one of us. They are not foreigners,”…

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Ex-agitator Condemns False Allegations Against Amnesty Coordinator,Otuaro

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By Idibhar Julius/ Yenagoa    Ex-Agitator and Street Coordinator for peace across the Niger Delta and Third Phase beneficiary of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, has dismissed allegations of corruption and mismanagement against the program coordinator, Dr. Dennis Otuaro. In the same vein, a group under the aegis of Niger Delta Brave Hearts United Movement Ex-Agitators Forum, has equally condemned in strong terms trumped up allegations of corruption and mismanagement against the Administrator Otuaro. Describing the so-called group of Niger Delta Concern Youth for Change as faceless and non-existence. In a…

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MOSIEND Supports Olu Of Warri, PINL Against Smear Campaigns

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By Idibhar Agadagba/Bayelsa        The Movement for the Survival of the Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has issued a strong warning to individuals spreading lies and slander against the Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Atuwatse III, and Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL).   In a statement signed by High Chief Thompson Fuoye Robert, Vice President of MOSIEND, the group condemned the rise of unfounded accusations aimed at the Olu of Warri and PINL, describing the actions of the instigators as shameful and backward.  …

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