Chairman of the Steering Committee on the Niger Delta Summit, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has called on militants in the area to declare a 90-day truce to give the committee as well as next month�s summit the benefit of the doubt … read more
THE Senate on Tuesday alleged threats to the lives of its members and intimidation and blackmail over its insistence on probing the N19.5 billion intervention fund released by the Federal Government in 2006 for the development of infrastructure in the … read more
Maltese oil worker George Scerri has been released by Nigerian kidnappers who seized him just over a month ago, the Maltese government has said. He was released about 3 a.m. today, a Maltese delegation which had stayed on in Nigeria … read more
Eighty five billion US dollars is re-quired for the complete rectification of the nation�s moribund power sector between now and 2020 while another N301.3 billion will be required to develop gas infrastructure to power the various power plants that are … read more
Source: This Day Militants War Worsens, 30 Killed War of supremacy among militant groups in the creeks of the Niger Delta worsened yesterday, as no fewer than 30 persons have been killed. Prince Igodo, whose camp was invaded by rampaging … read more
SINCE he was nominated by President Umar Yar’ Adua as the chairman of the impending Niger Delta summit, major stakeholders in Nigeria’s oil-rich zone have rejected him. The most prominent militant outfit, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger … read more
The House of Representatives was yesterday stunned to discover that the Bonga Oil Field, the biggest offshore oil platform in the country, had no radar but a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV). It also discovered that the Naval Patrol Boats that … read more
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (Pengassan) and Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Association (NUPENG) union members of local Chevron unit yesterday began strike at the Chevron’s administrative offices throughout the country . The action … read more
Thursday�s militants� attack on Bonga, Shell�s biggest offshore facility in Nigeria, and the resultant shut in of over 200,000 barrels of crude per day could have a domino effect on the economy beginning with missed projections. Government had last week … read more
Pastor Dies After Marathon Sex with PH Prostitute A randy pastor (name withheld) in one of the new generation churches in Ogbunabali area of Port Harcourt was last Saturday found dead in a beautiful harlot’s room in Obinwanne Guest House … read more