Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

Filipino deployment ban to Nigeria will continue

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has no plans of lifting the deployment ban on Filipino workers for Nigeria, dzMM reported Wednesday morning. Rosalinda Baldoz of the DOLE’s Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said that security risks to Filipino … read more

Kidnapped Elf Worker�s Children Regain Freedom

State Security Services (SSS) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday effected the release of two children notably seven-year-old Francisca and her six-year-old brother, Francis. The children were kidnapped about three weeks ago. The release turned out as the parting gift … read more

Drama As Militants Kidnap Ondo SSG

The Secretary to the Ondo State Government, Bar-rister Isaacs Kekemeke, was yesterday kidnapped by members of the Mov-ement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) operating in creeks of Arogbo in Ese-Odo Local Gover-nment Area of the state. However, … read more

Oilfield suspends work

Nigeria’s 50 000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Okono/Okpoho oilfield has declared a force majeure after eight foreign workers were briefly abducted from the offshore facility on Thursday, a ship agent said. The force majeure, a legal move that absolves the operator of … read more