We have been notified of the abduction of an expatriate staff working for the contractor (Julius Berger) handling the Gbaran/Ubie project in Bayelsa State. The staff, working with Westminster Dredging, a sub-contractor to Julius Berger was reportedly taken away by … read more
Massive job cuts are underway in Nigeria as the authorities seek to restructure the country’s civil service to improve efficiency and cut down on costs. Nigeria’s largest trade union has rejected the move. The Nigeria Labor Congress, the largest worker’s … read more
A Dutchman abducted on Thursday in Nigeria’s violent oil-producing Niger Delta is in good health but his kidnappers’ demands are not yet known, a spokesman for Bayelsa state in the delta said on Friday. Gunmen seized the man, who was … read more
GENERAL � President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned Niger Delta militants against further acts of violence, hostage-taking or antisocial behaviour through a paper delivered on his behalf at the Nigerian Energy Congress held at the Presidential Hotel, Port Harcourt, Rivers State … read more
Tuesday morning the Train 6 construction site was occupied by a group of Daewoo workers claiming industrial disagreements with their management. To ensure people’s safety, TSKJ stood down further construction activities on their site. When a number of the disaffected … read more
Two members of the Movement for the Actualisationof the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) were said to have been kiled yesterday by a combined team of Police and the Military Personel currently patroling the troubled commercial city of Anambra state,Onitsha. … read more
Rivers State Commissioner for Environment, Dr Roseline Konya, has enjoined refuse contractors to justify the N100 million monthly spending on sanitation in Port Harcourt metropolis by the government by living up to their responsibilities. She also expressed the hope that … read more
Planned strike by state electricity workers likely to result in widespread blackout. Workers from the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) in June threatened to stage a nationwide strike from 1 July if the government proceeds with its planned privatisation … read more
Barely 24 hours after militants in the Niger Delta released two Filipino hostages, President Oluse-gun Obasanjo has warned against further “acts of violence, hostage-taking or antisocial behaviour.” According to the President, violence as they would escalate rather than solve the … read more
GENERAL. Terrorists Target Internal airlines. On the 19th of June 2006 an unconfirmed report indicated a potential terrorist threat against Aero Contractors Airline [ACN] and Virgin Nigeria Airline. These two airlines service the oil and gas industry and are top … read more