Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

Explosion Rocks Fuel Pipeline in Lagos

An oil pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Ilado, a Lagos suburb, exploded at the weekend leaving scores of persons injured. Eleven fuel boats believed to be owned by some vandals who had gone to scoop … read more

MEND say hit another Chevron facility

Nigeria’s main militant group said on Monday it had sabotaged an oil pumping station in the Niger Delta operated by Chevron, the fifth attack claimed against the U.S. energy company in less than a month. Chevron facilities in the southern … read more

MEND claim another Chevron Attack

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, said Saturday it attacked and blew up another oil well owned by Chevron in Nigeria’s southern Delta state. Jomo Gbomo, a MEND spokesman, said in a statement that the … read more

How Tompolo left Nigeria

The federal government may have to look beyond the Nigerian shores in order to apprehend wanted Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo. Sunday Sun confirmed at the weekend that the militant kingpin left the country at night in … read more

Briton speaks of hostage ordeal

A Briton held hostage for nine months in southern Nigeria’s swamps has told how he feared he might never be freed. Oil worker Matthew Maguire, 35, of Birkenhead, Merseyside, was released on Friday by the Niger Delta militants who had … read more

JTF deny mass grave

As the search for the 12 missing soldiers at the Niger Delta creeks continue, Rabe Abubakar, the spokesman of the Joint Task Force on Niger Delta crisis has dismissed the report that a mass grave where the missing soldiers were … read more