Below is a chronology of some major attacks and kidnappings involving the Nigerian oil industry this year. — Jan. 12, 2007 – Nine South Korean workers and one Nigerian are freed two days after being kidnapped from the Bayelsa state … read more
Rivers State Governor, Dr. Peter Odili, on Sunday pleaded with the people of the state to avoid engaging in any act capable of derailing the general election slated for this week. Odili, in his Easter message to the people of … read more
NIGERIAN engineers have attributed the moribund state of the nation’s refineries to the Federal Government’s interference in their management. In a submission by the Executive Committee and Fellows of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) in Warri, Delta State, the … read more
Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said his party, the Action Congress (AC) is ready to work with All Nigeria People�s Party (ANPP) to make sure that the People�s Democratic Party (PDP) does not come back to power. The Vice-President who … read more
Turkey’s Merpa Company on Saturday disclosed the names of its two engineers kidnapped in Nigeria, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. The two Turkish engineers, whose names are Ilker Izci and Murat Orhan, were working in Nigeria for a project … read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission has taken delivery of 250,000 rechargeable lamps to be used during this month�s elections. The actual cost and the identity of the contractors that supplied the lamps could not be established Reports of the procurement … read more
Nigeria’s security forces are on full alert ahead of next week’s election, President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Mr Obasanjo said he was committed to a peaceful transition and would “clamp down heavily” on anyone threatening to undermine the vote. Earlier … read more
WITH just seven days to the beginning of the 2007 general elections, concerned politicians, candidates and different political parties have called on the security agencies to arrest the worsening violent clashes and avoidable deaths that have ravaged the political scene … read more
THE Inspector-Gen eral of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero has reportedly ordered for an immediate head count for all the rank and file in the Nigeria Police following their insistence to go on a nationwide strike from Tuesday ahead of Saturday�s … read more
Nigeria has in the past three years spent over $18.5 billion or N2.485 trillion on Petroleum products imported by contractors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Nigerian oil workers who allege this, have also frowned at the “Waste,” saying … read more