CONTRARY to claims that oil firms are mainly responsible for the plight of the Niger Delta people, some stakeholders in the oil and gas industry have blamed the leadership at the three tiers of government for neglecting the people of … read more
General Manager, Public Affairs, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Akin Olukunle, has said Port Harcourt International Airport, closed about two years ago for rehabilitation, will become operational in the first quarter of 2008. Olukunle said at the Murtala Muhammed … read more
The American lady, Dr. Judith Burdin Asuni, arrested with two Germans on suspicion of spying in the Niger Delta, may have been found culpable. The two Germans said to be journalists have been cleared of any involvement in the espionage … read more
The Nigerian Institute of Welding has urged the Federal Government to check the influx of unskilled expatriates into the oil industry. The NIW, in a communique on Friday at the end of its annual conference in Effurun, Delta State, lamented … read more
A reinforcement of troops from the Joint Task Force (JTF) was on Sunday deployed to Ekpan community in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State following fresh violence that led to the death of one person with several others sustaining … read more
Palpable tension has enve-loped Ikata and Ochigba communities in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State following the killing of a youth, Azhioluka Herbert Aloni (25), and the wounding of several others by the Joint Task Force (JTF) allegedly … read more
The German Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Joachim Schmillen, has disclosed that the two German journalists arrested by the State Security Service (SSS) last week have been released to the embassy. The two were arrested along with another Briton on the … read more
AN illegal armory in Beere community, Khana Local Government Area has been uncovered by the Rivers State Police Command. In an online statement to the Vanguard, the state Police PRO, Mrs. Baresua Ireju, said the following items were recovered when … read more
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has alleged that the attack on Saipem, an Italian oil servicing firm where a Columbian was killed was carried out by some soldiers, in collaboration with some militants, to get ransom. … read more
Nigeria is losing its influence in the international oil market as a result of the Niger Delta crisis, analysts have said. Some global oil market experts have warned that continued attacks and sabotage of oil installations as well as kidnappings … read more