Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has called on the International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria to adopt the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) model of Chevron Nigeria Limited as part of measures to ensure peace in the oil bearing communities of the country. Delivering a keynote address at the GMoU Fair and Best Practices Exhibition, the Governor said that the Chevron initiative helps in accountability and transparency in the administration of community resources. According to him, it has eliminated the allegations that some community leaders embezzle the fund which was supposed to be used for community development, thereby…
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The Federal Government will engage an additional 2,000 Deltans for the Community Service Women and Youth Empowerment (CSWYE) project of the Subsidy Reinvestment Programme (SURE-P).Delta State Chairman/Coordinator of CSWYE, Sir Young Eseikpe dropped the hint while fielding questions from newsmen on the implementation of CSWYE in the State.He said that 3,426 youths and women across the 25 Local Government areas of the State had so far benefited from the programme since its inception in September 2012, adding that N10,000 monthly stipends paid to the beneficiaries, had improved their living standards.Eseikpe said that the beneficiaries are engaged in environmental sanitation at…
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The leader of radical Islamist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, threatened attacks in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region in a new video released on Wednesday. “You will in coming days see your refinery bombed,” Shekau warned in the 28-minute video…
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