A Nigerian government amnesty offer to Niger Delta militants will not end the insurgence in the oil hub until concerns of injustice and under-development are tackled, activists and analysts warned. Violence in the southern oil-producing hub of the world’s eight … read more
President Umaru Yar’Adua, on Tuesday received the Brazilian football legend, Edson Arantes De Nascimeto, popularly known as Pele, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, with a pledge to implement a comprehensives ports development programme in the country. Pele was part of … read more
The Federal Government on Tuesday took a cursory look at the crisis in the Niger Delta region of the country and said it portends grave danger to Nigeria’s democracy. It has, therefore, called for military assistance from its former colonial … read more
The Movement for the emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has stepped up its anti-government campaign to target a new gas project. In the latest rounds of MEND’s attacks, the movement threatened foreign oil financiers to abandon efforts made to … read more
The trial of top Nigerian oil militant Henry Okah for gun-running and treason continued on Friday despite President Umaru Yar’Adua’s order that a top government official meet with him and offer him amnesty. Yar’Adua last week offered a 60-day amnesty … read more
Nigeria’s state-run oil firm NNPC said on Friday it will create a new gas company to regulate the disbursement of supplies to domestic and export markets. The Strategic Aggregator Company (SA), a limited liability firm, will initially be led by … read more
Three African countries on Friday signed an accord to build a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe. The project will convey gas destined for the European market more than 4,000 kilometres (2,485 miles) from the … read more
NO fewer than 80 people may have lost their lives in building collapses in Lagos State in the last three years. A survey by Saturday Tribune revealed that the Lagos Island recorded the highest figure from about four reported incidents. … read more
Shell Group has finally confirmed that its Nigerian arm, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), has completely shut down its entire operations in the Western Niger Delta owing to increasing attacks on its workers and infrastructure. Shell has also … read more
A note from Chief: We are surprised it hastaken people so ng tocatchonto this. In Chief’s Briefs the other day we said… “Nigaz, say this out loud phonetically and tell us you don’t think they could have picked a more … read more