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December 8, 2014

Chevron, FRSC, others educate Delta pupils on safety

Star Deepwater Petroleum Limited (a Chevron company and operator of the Agbami Field) and its partners in the Agbami Field: Famfa Oil Limited, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Statoil Nigeria Limited,
December 5, 2014

Bayelsa government tasks Agip on power supply to host communities

Bayelsa state government on Monday, met with the management of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, in a bid to resolve a number of issues bordering on crude oil production output within the state and the country generally, as well as the challenges being faced by the company.
December 5, 2014

Ecobank hands over N75m hostel to Delta State University

As part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, Ecobank Nigeria, at the weekend, handed over a multi-million naira hostel complex to the Delta State University, Abraka.
December 5, 2014

Delta State Government disburses N500 million loan to MSMEs

The Delta State Government, in conjunction with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), recently disbursed N500 million to Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) in the state.
December 4, 2014

Interview with NDLink Program Manager, Ese Emerhi as NDLink wraps up its first year

Ese Emerhi has spent the last 5 years building online communities of practice, most recently with the World Bank Institute's Knowledge Exchange Unit, where she developed strategies and tactics to help emerging online community managers at the World Bank launch and maintain development communities across the world.
December 4, 2014

Nigerian government approves N800m for research centre in UNIPORT

The Nigeria Government said on Tuesday it approved N800 million for the construction of a “state-of-the-art” library at the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT.
December 3, 2014

The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme Launched

The Tony Elumelu Foundation has announced the launch of a $100m Pan-African entrepreneurship initiative – The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme – a multi-year programme of training, funding, and mentoring, designed to empower the next generation of African entrepreneurs
December 3, 2014

UNDP to provide N1.68tr for Niger Delta development

The Minister/ Deputy Chairman, National Planning Commission, Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman, has disclosed that the sum of $10bn would be provided by the United Nation Development Program for the funding of the Niger Delta Action Plan over the next five years.
November 24, 2014

7th NSSF: Ugbe Commends Victorious Team Cross River

The immediate past Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development in Cross River State, Mr. Patrick Ugbe, has given kudos to Team Cross River for emerging victorious at the recently concluded 7th National Schools Sports Festival, tagged “Benue 2014.
November 24, 2014

NDDC hands over 522 bed-space to DELSU

The Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka campus, has formally taken possession of a 522 bed-space prototype hostel built by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Performing […]
November 20, 2014

NDE empowers 300 Akwa Ibom youths

The National Directorate of Employment has empowered 300 Akwa Ibom youths and vulnerable group in the Special Micro-Empowerment Scheme programme.
November 20, 2014

[STORIFY] #NDDF 2014 Twitter chat on #Agriculture

The Niger Delta Development Forum (NDDF) is a new information sharing and collaboration opportunity for public, private and civil society organizations pursuing approaches for equitable economic growth in the Niger Delta.