Archives for May 18th, 2016

THE NEED FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO COMPLETELY SCRAP THE NIGERIAN SECURITY CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS (NSCDC) OR MERGE IT WITH THE NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE (NPF)

By Zik Gbemre Without a doubt, one conspicuous draw back in effective and efficient service delivery in public institutions in Nigeria is duplication or overlapping of functions of some ministries, departments and agencies. In fact, the problems caused by the duplication of functions, especially for vital government Security agencies like the Nigerian Police Force, is one ...

Amnesty Boss Engages Delta Stakeholders on Security of Pipelines

image-16959
By Our Correspondent In an effort to find a lasting solution to the current activities of the Niger Delta Avengers; the ‎Federal government, through the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, has taken proactive steps by engaging stakeholders in the region. L - ...

Delta Communities give Chevron 72 hours over arrest of five oil workers by JTF

By Francis Sadhere Delta communities hosting the facilities of Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) have rubbished claims by the military that the five persons arrested over the weekend were militants bombing oil and gas facilities in the area. The communities said contrary to the reports, the five alleged militants were actually contract workers for the American oil giants, ...

Factional Delta NLC Supports Liberalization of Petroleum Downstream, Tasks FG on Minimum Wage

By Francis Sadhere Factional Delta State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), under the leadership of Comrade Williams Akporeha has lend its full support to the liberalization of the petroleum downstream sector while demanding the utilization of accrued subsidy claims to offset pension arrears and workers’ bonuses in all the states preparatory to the implementation ...