•Tompolo A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has attributed the prevailing peace in the Niger Delta to the pipeline surveillance contract awarded to Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSL), owned by Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo. The group said the impact of the contract has been crucial to restoring ...
•Philip Agbese The Deputy Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, has cautioned against the increasing politicisation of pipeline surveillance contracts in the Niger Delta, warning that such moves could weaken national security and erode gains in safeguarding oil revenue. Agbese issued the warning amid renewed agitation by...
•CDS Olufemi Oluyede (C) The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Olufemi Oluyede, has warned troops deployed to the Niger Delta against involvement in oil theft or any form of compromise while carrying out their constitutional duty of protecting critical oil and gas infrastructure vital to Nigeria’s economic sustainability. The warning was delivered...
•Dr Samuel Ogbuku At the recent celebration of the 50th birthday of the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Community (NDDC) Dr Samuel Ogbuku, which I was privileged to witness, one thing stood out: the impact of the Ogbuku-led management of the Commission on the people of the region in the last two years. […]
•Nnimmo Bassey An environmental activist, Dr. Nnimmo Bassey, has said that the federal government must urgently begin an audit of the rest of the Niger Delta environment and equally commence the clean up, which would require up to $150 billion a year until the mess is cleared in the region. Bassey, who spoke with our […]
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio (C) The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has said that the people of the Niger Delta had decided to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to continue in office beyond 2027 because of the projects that the administration has brought to the Niger Delta region. Akpabio spoke over the weekend at […]...
•Capt. Warredi Enisuoh The Executive Director of Technical Operations at Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL), Capt. Warredi Enisuoh, has lamented the widespread culture of indifference among Nigerians as a key factor contributing to the persistent crude oil theft plaguing the Niger Delta, describing it as sabotage driven by apath...
•Dr. Nnimmo Bassey Being welcome words at Niger Delta Alternatives Convergence (NDAC) held on Monday, May 12, 2025 at Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria We remind ourselves that genocide is an international crime under the Rome Statutes and is defined as “the deliberate and systemic destruction of a group of people because of their ethnicity, nat...
•Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retrd) The Niger Delta Democratic Alliance (NDDA) has passed a vote of no confidence on Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retrd), the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, accusing him of worsening the state’s political crisis and failing to provide credible leadership. In a strongly worded statement today by its president...
Activists from the Niger Delta Environmental Justice Coalition took to the streets of London to demand justice for Ikerete Udo, one of the coordinators of Tantita Security Services Ltd., who was brutally murdered by individuals believed to be involved in oil bunkering. In a petition submitted to the Nigerian High Commission in the UK, spokespe...

