RURAL PEOPLES ASSEMBLY

The Niger Delta Congress has sponsored the filing of a suit at the Fed. High Court vacation court sitting in Port Harcourt against SPDC, Standard Chartered Bank and AGF, on behalf of pollution impacted communities of the Niger Delta region, to call for a blueprint on the proposed clean-up, remediation and rehabilitation of the communities affected by the impacts of negative oil exploration and exploitation practices by the multinational oil major over the years, with respect to the perceived intention by the company to sell-off its interests in its onshore and shallow water assets in these communities in the planned divestment announced few months ago. The socio-political organisation which champions the course of a virile autonomous Niger Delta with economic and political autonomy speaks on behalf of the Niger Delta people and communities to demand that SPDC should take steps to assure the communities and its people about what template and timeline it has come up with in ensuring that...

The Bayelsa State Ministry of Culture and Tourism through the office of the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism is set to partner with the Izon Peace Festival project to deliver a remarkable celebration of World Tourism Day 2021 via a collaboration that would see both organizations holding a common brief of festivities to mark the global tourism event.  The organization during a courtesy call to the Ministry saw the secretary of the planning committee, Barr. Aniso, O. Abraham and his counter parts appraise the Commissioner, Permanent Secretary and DG tourism on their plans for the Ijaw Nation through the peace festival and what the future it holds in the attaining of global recognition as an autonomous nation with its own unique civilization of arts, sports and creativity.  Responding to the proposal, the Honourable Commissioner, Hon. Iti Orugbani lauded the Organizations Novel presentation and promised to create the necessary enabling environment for the event to...

NIGER DELTA CONGRESS CALLS FOR A STAKEHOLDERS MEETING OF ALL ETHNIC NATIONALITIES OF THE NIGER DELTA  Our Ref: NDC/PS/007/2021 Wednesday 21st April, 2021 The Niger Delta Congress has taken note of a disturbing trend of happenings in and around the country which has so far gone unchecked, despite several warnings from the NDC. These can be said to be existential threats to the region and the people of the Niger Delta and we do not intend to fold our arms and do nothing about these developments.    On the 8th of February 2021, the NDC issued a statement warning the presidency against appointing another Northerner as IGP of police, after very reliable intelligence reports suggested that the President had finalized moves to retire a Niger Delta son, Moses Jitoboh in order to make way for another Northerner to take over as I.G of the Nigeria Police Force. In confirmation of our suspicion, on the 6th of April 2021, President Buhari appointed Usman Alkali, another Northerner, as...

How PACON was used to deceive Bayelsans and the attempt to Blackmail the Liberation Movement in Bayelsa State ...... State Chairman (Interview) In an interview session granted to our correspondence in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State over the weekend, the State Chairman Barr. Aniso O. Abraham of Liberation Movement in Bayelsa State has made shocking Revelations about how PACON, a registered non-governmental organization operating in Bayelsa State, as a civil society organization had deceived Bayelsans and Ijaw people into believing they meant well for the State, while pretentiously deceiving the public and currying favours through blackmail and extortion, which now appears to be the business of the trustees of the organization. According to him, the said Trustees led by the Arch Convener Barr. Aluzu Ebikebuna even dared to test their deceit, blackmail and extortion on him, but he said he was no fool, so he didn't fall for it, because he could smell their bullshit from miles away, and stoppe...

MONEY-TREE INVESTMENTS (Agro-Enterpreneurs Cooperative Society) .............. Building  Africa's Largest Farming Investment In Partnership with ..................................................................................................... The biggest joint venture Agro-Network of farmers - bridging the food crisis gap with combined effort and mechanized farming  for food sufficiency. Pilot Farm: ......................................................................  Location: ........................................................... Size: .................................................. Powered by:  A. O. ANISO BUSINESS VENTURES & TEOET GLOBAL ENTERPRISE in association with: Rural Peoples'Assembly Inc. Maize Association of Nigeria ( MAAN) Rice Farmers Association (RIFAN) Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD). Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Ministry of Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Off...

The Bayelsa State Chapter of Host Communities of Nigeria (HOSCON) has elected new State Executives at it's 2020 Annual General Meeting held at wetlands center, Osiri road, on Thursday 3 Dec. 2020, to kickstart a new frontier for community development in the oil and gas sector in the Niger Delta region.  The organization which has been managed by an interim management committee (IMC) over the years, was revamped by critical stakeholders when they decided to set an agenda for development of the organization hinged on their God given wealth, (Oil & Gas) and how oil bearing and pipeline communities can maximize the embedded potentials for development, after over 30years of oil and gas exploration in the region. The Election which was announced by the erstwhile Interim Management Committee State Chairman, Mr Idubamo Awalla, is an idea endorsed by the Great Amayanabo of Twon Brass, King Alfred Papa-Preye Diete Spiff, who is also one of the Trustees of the organization, an...

In a swift twist of fate, Liberation Movement, one of the political parties who hitherto contested and lost the Gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State and went ahead to challenge the outcome of the Bayelsa State Gubernatorial election at the Tribunal has moved to arrest and prosecute some of its prominent ambassadors, members and legal team over alleged criminal breach of trust, gross misconduct and breach of the party's constitution and principles. The party arrived at this decision after its emergency Bayelsa State stakeholder meeting of members on 18th of November, 2020 held to appraise the circumstances that led to the withdrawal of the suit filed by the Candidate of Liberation Movement Mr. Vijah I Opuama, at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, following an appeal made to the Supreme Court from the loss of the case at the Tribunal and Court of Appeal stages of the litigation seeking to disqualify Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo and Senator Douye Diri of the PDP for submitting false inf...