News Feature – Page 52 – Shipping World News Magazine

Dec52021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Nembe Oil Spill: Opu-Nembe Kingdom Lauds Gov Diri On Visit, Succour To Ravaged Communities

News Feature

The Opu-Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa State has commended Governor Douye Diri for his response to the plight of the kingdom over the oil and gas spillage that has ravaged their communities. The Amayanabo of Opu-Nembe Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, King Biobelemoye Josiah, Ogbodo VIII, in a statement he personally signed, thanked the governor for also setting up a committee aimed at assessing the extent and effect of the spill. The monarch stated that the kingdom greatly appreciated the visit of the governor to have an on-the-spot assessment of the oil and gas blowout, which is yet to be contained after a month. He said: “We put on record the empathy shown by Your Excellency in providing immediate cushioning financial support to all segments of the Kingdom during your visit. “We further...

Dec52021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov Diri Tasks Ijaw Leaders On Justice, Equity *Advocates Devolution Of Power

News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has charged the Ijaw nation leaders to relentlessly speak out on issues of injustice and under-development confronting the ethnic nationality until they are addressed. Senator Diri stated this on Saturday at the All Ijaw Summit with the theme, "The Nigerian State and the Ijaw Question" in Yenagoa, the state capital. The summit was organised by the Ijaw National Congress (INC). While commending the INC leadership for convening the summit, the governor maintained that the Ijaw people would continue to oppose the the three per cent allotted to the host communities in the Petroleum Industry Act until justice was done. In a press release issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, the governor said: "The Niger Delta people vie...

Dec52021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Nembe Oil Spill And Kabiru Yusuf’s Vexatious Meddlesomeness By Daniel Alabrah

News Feature, Port News, Press Release

Reading one Mallam Kabiru Yusuf's diatribe against the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on the current spillage in Nembe community (also in Bayelsa State) leaves you with a feeling of shock, nausea, outright revulsion or all of these. Since November 5, 2021 when it was first reported, hydrocarbon resources of gas and crude oil have been spewing unabated into the Santa Barbara River from the damaged Aiteo Exploration and Production Company Limited's OML 29 Wellhead 1 platform in Nembe. Mallam Yusuf, who claims to be President, Arewa Consultative Youth Movement and Convener, Association of Northern Youth Groups, might not have visited the spill site to see the wastage, the pollution and environmental disaster at first hand. He might also not have been to the oil-producing Ni...

Dec12021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

AITEO Spill, The Worst In My Lifetime – Gov Diri

News Feature, Port News

*Says Our People Are Endangered *Calls For Protection Of Fishing Routes An unhappy Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, returned from visiting the oil spill site in Nembe Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday, describing it as the worst he had seen in his lifetime. The OML 29 Well 1 platform, which is operated by Nigeria's largest indigenous oil firm, Aiteo Exploration and Production Company Limited, has been spilling crude unabated into the Santa Barbara River for about one month. An estimated two million barrels of crude has reportedly been spilled into the river, polluting the flora and fauna of the area. Governor Diri said the continuous spillage has further endangered the lives of people of Nembe, Bayelsa and indeed the Niger Delta. In a statement issu...

Dec12021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov Diri assures Corp Members of their Safety in Bayelsa State

News Feature, Press Release

Corps Members Begin Orientation At New Site In Bayelsa *Governor Diri Assures Of Safety No fewer than 1,800 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to Bayelsa State, on Tuesday, commenced orientation at the permanent orientation facility at Boro Town, Kaiama, in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area. The orientation exercise was the first at the new site being constructed by the state government. The project, which is almost completed, was conceptualised in 2006 but was started by the immediate past Senator Seriake Dickson administration and inherited by his successor, Senator Douye Diri. Speaking during the swearing in of the 2021 Batch C Stream 2 corps members at the permanent orientation site, Governor Diri assured them of their wellbeing and safety during t...

Nov302021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Again, Gov. Diri Tasks FG On Nembe-Brass Road

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has restated the significance of the road from Nembe to the Brass Island in Brass Local Government Areas of the state to the country's economy. Governor Diri restated this on Tuesday while declaring open the 10th Practical Nigerian Content Conference with the theme “Driving the Nigeria Content in the Dawn of Petroleum Industry Act.” The three-day conference is organised by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) at its headquarters in Yenagoa. The governor re-echoed his call to the Federal Government following President Muhammadu Buhari's Executive Order 7 of 2019 on the Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme to construct roads across the country. A statement by his Chief P...

Nov252021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Uranta: Nigeria, Niger Delta Lost A Committed Activist – Gov. Diri

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has described the death of Mr. Tony Uranta, executive secretary of foremost advocacy group, United Niger Delta Energy Development and Security Strategy (UNDEDSS), as a painful loss to Nigeria, Niger Delta and indeed the Ijaw nation. Mr. Uranta, who was a member of the defunct Federal Government Technical Committee on Niger Delta, the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) among others, passed on Wednesday after a protracted illness. Governor Diri, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, on Thursday, said Uranta was a committed activist and advocate for environmental justice and good governance not only in his Niger Delta region but also in Nigeria. The Bayelsa governor noted t...

Nov232021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

COAST GUARD:NIMASA TO PARTNER WITH SOUTH KOREAN

Maritime, News Feature

Nigeria, through the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Republic of Korea today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of cooperation in the field of Maritime Security and Safety. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh signed on behalf of NIMASA while the Director General, International Affairs and Intelligence Bureau, Korean Coast Guard, Seonggi Kang signed on behalf of Korea. The MoU which provides a framework for NIMASA and the Korean Coast Guard is to develop, Coordinate and Monitor the implementation of Maritime Security and Safety between both organisations. During the signing, NIMASA DG Dr Bashir Jamoh, said that the MoU will be implemented to the best interest of both countries adding that it will ultimately enhance safety an...

Nov192021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Buhari considers an unconstitutional release of Nnamdi Kanu

News Feature, Politics

An unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), currently standing trial, runs contrary to the doctrine of separation of powers between the Executive and Judiciary, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Receiving a group under the aegis of Highly Respected Igbo Greats, led by First Republic parliamentarian and Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, at State House, Abuja, the President told the 93-year-old statesman: “You’ve made an extremely difficult demand on me as leader of this country. The implication of your request is very serious. In the last six years, since I became President, nobody would say I have confronted or interfered in the work of the Judiciary. God has spared you, and given you a clear head at this age, wi...

Nov122021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

We have resolved all Cases involving the Concessionaire Agreement of Ibadan Dry Port – , Jime

News Feature, Press Release

The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers' Council ( NSC), Hon. Emmanuel Jime has said all outstanding issues in the Full Business Case( FBC) and the Concessionaire agreement that would drive the development Ibadan Inland Dry Port have been resolved Jime, made the declaration when he led the agency's Management team on a courtesy visit to the Executive Governor of Oyo State, His Excellency, Seyi Makinde at the Government House, Ibadan, Oyo State. He commended the State Government for the pivotal role it has played towards the actualisation of Ibadan Inland Dry port, revealing that the host state has agreed to provide necessary infrastructure that would assist the successful take-off of the project; a critical one being a link road from the entrance/...