From Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has engaged the Instinct Resource Services Limited (IRSL) to train its workers on living quality life after retirement. The 2025 NAMA Pre-retirement Workshop lasted for six days and equipped workers with knowledge and skills in the areas of financial planning and security, health and…
Nigeria’s Deepwater Revival: Minister Lokpobiri Urges EPC Titans to Seize New Era of Investment Nigeria is sending a clear message to the global oil community: the landscape has changed and the country is open for business. Speaking at the EPC deepwater Investment Roundtable organized by the OPTS, the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources…
By Thomas Peretu “Think Africa, think pu lic interest and think change…” is a mantra invented by I.U Ikechukwu Uzoma’s name may not ring the proverbial bell, just yet. Surely, it will, in no distant future. At least after this gestation period. Ikechukwu is not your idea of a run off the mill kind of…
A former Petroleum Minister, State, Chief Timipre Sylva has given the Sahara Reporters seven days to retract what he described as an inaccurate report linking him to thuggery in Bayelsa State. Sylva, a former Bayelsa State Governor, in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs, Chief Julius Bokoru, said his…
Following a closed-door meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok Ibas, retd, in the Presidential Villa last Wednesday, there are strong indications that suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Prof Ngozi Odu, and the 32-member House of Assembly may return on September 18, 2025. Sunday Vanguard gathered…
Yenagoa – The Directorate for Project Monitoring and Evaluation has joined well-wishers across Bayelsa State to celebrate its Director-General, Engr. Ebiye Tarabina, on the occasion of his birthday, Sunday, August 24, 2025. In a goodwill message signed by the Director of Media and Publicity of the directorate, Pst. Sambo Sataria, the Secretary, board members, heads…
Yenagoa – The Bayelsa State Ministry of Education has debunked allegations of arbitrary deductions from contractors’ payments, describing the claims as false, unfounded, and misleading. The clarification follows a report published in the Niger Delta Herald between July 16 and 22, 2025, with the headline “Contractors Lament Alleged Deductions by Ministry Officials in Bayelsa.” According…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to unlocking inactive and untapped energy assets as a cornerstone of its strategy to boost national production. Speaking during a visit to TotalEnergies’ Headquarters in Paris and their Research Institute in Pau, France, by Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Ph.D, said:…
President Bola Tinubu met on Saturday evening with some key figures from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in what many see as an early move toward political realignment ahead of the 2027 general elections. The meeting, held at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, was led by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and…
