THREE vessels used for illegal bunkering activities were yesterday consumed in an explosion that occurred around the Soku area of Degema Local Government area of Rivers State. Saturday Tribune gathered that the incident started as early as 5:00am in the … read more
This is certainly not the best of times for former President Olusegun Obasanjo as his deeds in office continue to come under close scrutiny by the day. Upon coming to office in 1999, Obasanjo assure Nigerians, through the then minister … read more
Ijaw youths have threatened to blow up multinational oil felicities belonging to Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited (EPNL) and Shell Development Company of Nigeria (SDPC) if the Nigerian government, in collaboration with its French counterpart, operators of Elf do not set … read more
Embattled leaders of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Messrs. Henry Okah and Edward Atatah, yesterday dragged the governments of Nigeria and Angola before the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights over what they call … read more
Fourteen people were killed on Thursday in different parts of the country as police and armed robbers engaged in gun duels. It was not a lucky day for the robbers in Lagos as four of them were brutally killed and … read more
THE Joint Task Force, JTF, a security outfit in the Niger Delta, always has cause to celebrate minimal results in the convoluted crises in the oil producing zones. The Tom Ateke story, the latest version of it, is a confirmation … read more
” The attention of the Rivers state Government has been drawn to a statement credited to Shell petroleum development Company entitled “Shell Secures wells in Ogoni”. In it the company claimed it has been directed by the Rivers state Government … read more
Gunmen hijacked a vessel carrying six Nigerians on Wednesday in the restive southern oil region, security officials said. A private security official said assailants attacked the vessel on a creek near the oil hub of Port Harcourt and were demanding … read more
Barely three days after discovering an illegal pipelineused by outlawed leader of Niger Delta Vigilante Movement, Mr Tom Ateke to siphon petroleum products, the Joint Military Task Force in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has discovered another illegal pipeline in Eleme. … read more
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has raised the alarm over moves of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to return to Ogoniland through the back door. MOSOP, in a statement in Port Harcourt by its Information … read more