Oil workers in the country on Friday finalised plans to embark on a nationwide strike after the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum given to the Federal Government this week. The workers are protesting the recent increase in prices of petrol … read more
Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe�s largest oil company has pledged to restore lost production output in Nigeria and return its staff only when it is safe to do so. The United Kingdom had on Friday, advised all Britons to leave … read more
Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said there was no plan by the Federal Government to engage any international conflict management firm to manage the Niger Delta problem. Rather, he said, the governors of the Niger Delta region especially … read more
The Nigerian Supreme Court refused bail on Friday to Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, a 43-year-old former militia leader from the oil-producing Niger Delta whose release is demanded by armed groups in the anarchic region. Following are five facts about Asari. * A … read more
Expatriate workers including Indians are fleeing the Niger Delta in Nigeria because of unending abductions by militants. Indian company Indorama, which bought Nigeria’s Eleme Petrochemical plant in Rivers State, has said the plant has been shut because 120 of its … read more
Militants in Nigeria announced Monday they were releasing four Britons, three Americans and other foreign hostages, and authorities were heading to a rendezvous point to take custody of the captives. A message from an e-mail address known to be used … read more
Anglo/Dutch oil firm, Shell Petroleum Development Company, is set to lay off 3,500 workers as the crisis in the Niger Delta region further hampers its operations. Sunday Punch learnt that the retrenchment exercise would be carried out before September. A … read more
CIRCUMSTANCES surrounding the unabating spate of violence in the Niger Delta area, Nigeria’s main oil and gas region, have started to creep into the open, with a faction of the armed youths pointing accusing finger at the direction of the … read more
Britons have been advised by the UK government to leave three states in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta. In updates to travel advice on the Foreign Office website, citizens were warned that Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States are unsafe. The site … read more
The Supreme Court on Friday denied a bail application of the leader by the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujaheed Asari Dokubo. The apex court held that both the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal, Abuja were … read more