The $3bn gas gathering projects, EGTL and EGP3, initiated by Chevron Nigeria Limited in Delta State, have been suspended due to the strike action by the workers handling the projects. The projects, conceived by CNL as part of efforts to … read more
The operations of Nigeria Agip Oil Company have been disrupted in Delta State by protesting women of Idheze community, Isoko South Local Government Area. They seized the company�s flow station and other oil exploration facilities in the area. Our correspondent … read more
NO fewer than 10 people lost their lives while property worth millions of naira was destroyed as hostilities returned to Ajah town in Lagos State. Fifteen of the hoodlums who perpetrated the destruction have, however, been arrested by men of … read more
Reuters) – Gunmen in speed boats kidnapped a Dutch security manager of a German construction company in Nigeria’s oil city of Port Harcourt on Friday, security sources said. The attackers invaded the construction yard of Bilfinger Berger on the waterfront … read more
Reuters) – Gunmen in speed boats kidnapped a Dutch security manager of a German construction company in Nigeria’s oil city of Port Harcourt on Friday, security sources said. A wave of recent attacks led to a 20 percent cut in … read more
Gunmen kidnapped three foreign workers in two separate incidents in Nigeria’s oil-producing delta on Friday, authorities said. Expatriate abductions have become an almost weekly occurrence this year in the world’s eighth largest oil exporter, and thousands have fled the Niger … read more
March 23, 2007 Warden Message This Warden message is being issued to inform American citizens of a recent increase in crime and to remind American citizens to use caution. Based on a recent increase in reported criminal activity against expatriates … read more
THE Chairman of Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson, said on Wednesday he was hopeful that the Virgin Nigeria Airways might be granted the right to fly directly to the United States this week. Branson in an interview with journalists at … read more
European Union Election Observation Mission (EUEOM) to Nigeria, yesterday said it would monitor the forthcoming general elections in all parts of Nigeria, except three states that are flashpoints in the Niger Delta, where militant groups have either kidnapped or killed … read more
Secondary school pupils in north-eastern Nigeria have killed a teacher after apparently accusing her of desecrating the Koran, police say. The teacher, a Christian, was attacked after supervising an exam in Gombe city. It is not clear what she had … read more