The oil and gas sector witnessed a near total shutdown yesterday as the 3-day warning strike ordered by the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) took off with … read more
HUNDREDS of Ugborodo youths on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest against the management of Chevron Nigeria Limited,CNL, for flooding the Escravos Tank Farm with non-native casual and contract staff while thousands of indigeneous youths are roaming the town jobless. The … read more
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Edmund Daukoru has said that the seemingly intractable crisis in the Niger Delta region costs the nation’s economy a whooping N7.8 billion daily. Speaking yesterday in Vienna, ahead of the ministerial meeting of … read more
Motorists formed long queues at fuel stations and bought in panic in Lagos on Tuesday as oil workers rounded off their clarion call for a strike today. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and National … read more
You would be N5 million richer if you could provide information that would lead to the arrest of Tom Ateke, leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante. The military task force in Rivers State placed the sum on his head on … read more
A fresh oil spillage occurred, weekend, at Okpe-Olomoro in Isoko South local government destroying aquatic life and economic crops and also polluting the groundwater and fishing ponds in the community. The crude oil spill from a Shell Petroleum Development Company … read more
A new group, South- South Voters Alliance (SSVA) is set to mobilize voters in the South- South region of Nigeria , ahead of the 2007 general elections. According to the group’s mission statement made available to THISDAY in Asaba, “SSVA … read more
Nigeria’s former minister of aviation and candidate in the 2007 elections for the governorship of the northern state of Bauchi, has reportedly survived an alleged assasination attempt. According to media reports, 10 men armed with AK-47 assault rifles attacked Yuguda’s … read more
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has finally made a rather belated appeal on Nigerian oil workers to cancel their planned three day warning strike. However the appeal fell on deaf ears as the two oil workers’ unions, Petroleum and Natural … read more
N104m allegedly laundered by Patience, wife of Bayelsa State Governor, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has been temporarily seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commision. The seizure came on the heels of an ex parte application before a Federal High Court, … read more