ANGLO-DUTCH oil major Shell, said yesterday, that the Niger Delta crisis in the South region of Nigeria has severely affected its onshore activities as it is currently operating at 120,000 barrels per day from 300,000 barrels per day before the … read more
Amnesty International want you to see the people who will be made homeless by Rivers State’s plans to demolish their homes. read more
German airline, Lufthansa, which suspended operations in Port Harcourt, capital of the South South Rivers State of Nigeria, in the wake of security threats in the Niger Delta region, is to resume international flight operations soon from the Port Harcourt … read more
The prices of petroleum products may go up in Nigeria 1 Nov., the date set for the takeoff of the government’s plan to deregulate the procurement and sale of the products. Weighed down by a two-trillion-naira subsidy in the past … read more
Governor Rotimi Amaechi has appealed for calm over the protest that attended the attempt to take action in the demolition of the water fronts when yesterday some residents of Bundu Waterside barricaded the way to their area which resulted in … read more
When I mention I’m based in Nigeria, I often get a knowing incline of the head and something resembling a sympathetic frown – occasionally both at the same time, accompanied by a sucking-in of air. It feels like I’m the … read more
Nigeria’s opposition Action Congress (AC) party has accused the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of lacking internal democracy, after the latter handpicked a candidate for the South-east Anambra state’s governorship election in Feb. 2010. The decision to pick former Central … read more
Aviation unions in the country have declared that they will go on strike today if Bi-Courtney Limited begins its planned refurbishment of the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) at the Murtala Mohammed Airport 2. Members of these unions had gone on … read more
THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has expressed dissatisfaction over the slow rate of development in Nigeria. In the Human Development Report 2009 released in Abuja, UNDP put Nigeria’s life expectancy at birth at 47.7 per cent. Adult literacy rate … read more
The N27 billion Halliburton bribery scandal is trapped in a language game involving France and Switzerland on the one hand, and Nigeria on the other, leading to a delay in the Nigerian investigation which commenced in April this year. The … read more