By Adedapo Adesanya A group known as the Ijaw National Congress (INC) has alleged that over 90 per cent of marginal oil fields in the Niger Delta region of the country is owned by people from the Northern part of Nigeria. Marginal fields are smaller oil blocks that are developed by indigenous companies with the
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan and Founder/President of Belemaoil Producing Limited, Mr. Tein Jack-Rich, have asked oil operators in the Niger Delta region to impact local communities
In court documents seen by SaharaReporters on Thursday, one of the plaintiffs also accused Jack-Rich of failing to pay necessary severance allowances as stipulated in the deal with the oil firm.
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It will be twisted logic and misplaced sense of judgment of the exact reality to assert that the Nigerian Army is having good times in infrastructural provisions under the supervision of its current Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai. It is more appropriate to say, the Nigerian Army has landed in its best of times on infrastructural provisions and exceptional welfare packages under the guardianship of the COAS, Gen. Buratai.
Before the reality of the leadership of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari, discerning Nigerians knew several other salient reasons accounted for the persistent open anger expressed by soldiers in the warfront. The persistent mutinous actions by troops at the frontlines fighting Boko Haram was partly attributable to the absolute neglect and defacement of the infrastructural image and welfare of officers and soldiers.