Linking Partners for Niger Delta Development

October 26, 2018

PIND on changing capacity building in the Niger Delta

  Diyen Friday’s life changed six years ago when he met the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND). After undergoing two-week training held […]
October 24, 2018

PIND rolls out Good Governance Models at NESG

  The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, PIND, has introduced stakeholders from government agencies, civil society organisations, private sector and academia to new […]
October 23, 2018

US invests $24m to boost local enterprises, farming in Nigeria

By Chris Ochayi ABUJA – The United States African Development Foundation, USADF, has invested a total of $24 million in grants to various cooperative societies to […]
October 23, 2018

EdoJobs, UNESCO, Google train 200 Edo Children on Digital Literacy

  Over 500 others to benefit from digital training programme EdoJobs, in collaboration with Google, Cape Town Science Centre, and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural […]
October 23, 2018

FG Commits $30m to Cassava Ethanol Project In Ondo

  The federal government has dedicated $30 million for the Cassava Ethanol Project at Okeluse in Ose Local Government area of Ondo State. The project, which […]
October 19, 2018

Benin Electricity Distributor to pilot mini-grid systems in Edo State

Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and Rubitec Nigeria Limited to provide mini-grid electricity […]
October 12, 2018

Rivers, PIND focuses on job creation for youths to tackle crime

  The Rivers State Commissioner for Youths Development, Alfred Tobin, has identified massive creation of jobs for youths as antidote to crime in the state. Tobin […]
October 9, 2018

Groundbreaking of Waltersmith Modular Refinery

  The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu on Thursday performed the groundbreaking of a 5,000 barrels of crude oil per day […]
October 3, 2018

FG increases gas flare penalty from N10 to N613

  The Federal Government has increased the penalty for gas flaring to $2 per 1,000 standard cubic feet of gas, SCF, from N10 per 1,000 SCF […]
September 24, 2018

MADE moves to increase income of 30,000 vulnerable groups in Edo, Delta

Market Development Programme in the Niger Delta, DFID funded programme, has said its target was to increase the income of 30,000 vulnerable groups in Edo and […]
September 24, 2018

Delta: Floodwater Rising

  It was a pathetic situation, last Wednesday, as Governor Ifeanyi Okowa undertook a tour of some communities submerged by flood in Oshimili South local government […]
September 20, 2018

NLC threatens to embark on indefinite strike

  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it will commence an indefinite nationwide strike after the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum given to the federal […]