A fresh oil spill has occurred in Ogoniland, Rivers State, when a pipeline belonging to Shell burst between Dio, in Tai Local Government and Dere Local Government. President of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni, Barrister Ledum Mitee, in … read more
A few days after being released by militants in Nigeria, the American hostage, Cody Oswalt, was taken into custody again this time for allegedly looting $210 worth of lawn furniture from a store. Oswalt, 23, was arrested about 2 a.m. … read more
As the crises in the Niger Delta region continue to attract attention worldwide, oil and gas companies doing business in the area have been advised to emphasize community needs in their programmes to avoid incurring the wrath of their host … read more
My driver and I were attacked without warning at about 8:45 Monday morning on Bill Clinton Dr. from the Abuja airport about 500m before the T-junction by four armed robbers. Multiple shots were fired at me and my driver. I … read more
The Federal Government has said that it will not bow to the pressure by militants in the Niger Delta to release the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and the Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, … read more
Rivers State Government has taken a major step towards checking the problem of ghost workers in its civil service by acquiring a new Photo Electronic Fingerprint Identification System (PFEIS). The state governor, Dr Peter Odili, who commissioned the equipment at … read more
(MarketWatch) — Nigeria’s Oil Minister Edmund Daukoru said Monday Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) has told him it will take around a month to bring back most of the country’s shut-in oil production. Daukoru, who is also the president of … read more
IJAW leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark ,was literally belching fire, last Wednesday, when he played host to Sunday Vanguard at his Kiagbodo country home in Delta State. “It�s because it’s you (Vanguard) that I am opening up in this way. … read more
The National Intellig-ence Agency (NIA) has commenced a full-fledged screening of all the security personnel employed at the nation’s airports by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) as part of overall measures to put the security of airport users … read more
More naval patrols in Nigeria’s southern delta region have failed to persuade oil company Royal Dutch Shell to return to its abandoned oilfields as militants continue to clash sporadically with troops, oil industry and military officials said on Sunday. About … read more