Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

Vessel with poor quality fuel turned back

A vessel laden with poor quality petrol was on Sunday prevented from offloading by industry regulators. Besides, another vessel with 34,000 metric tonnes of petrol, which met with regulatory specifications, could not discharge because of a leakage at one of … read more

5 die in cholera outbreak in Delta

At least five persons have been confirmed dead in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State following an outbreak of cholera in the area last week. The Sun gathered yesterday that several others were on danger list at the various … read more

Hostages Include At Least One US Citizen

AP)–At least one U.S. citizen is among the two foreign oil workers kidnapped Tuesday in restive southern Nigeria, police said. U.S. Embassy officials weren’t immediately available for comment. One of the main militant groups in the region said it wasn’t … read more

Two foreign workers, 24 Filipinos seized

Reuters) – Two foreign construction workers were kidnapped by gunmen on their way to work in Nigeria’s southern oil city Port Harcourt on Tuesday, police said. Rivers State police commissioner Felix Ogbaudu said the two men were American nationals working … read more

Hostages: Delta SSG Relocates to Warri

Secretary to the Delta State Government (SSG), Chief Ovie Omo-Agege, has relocated to Warri, following the abduction on Saturday night of seven foreign oil workers by some Niger-Delta militants. The decision to relocate to Warri, THISDAY gathered from an authoritative … read more

Atiku gets hero’s welcome

IT might not have been exactly intended so. But that was what the return of Vice President Atiku Abubakar from a month-long vacation in the United States of America ended up achieving for him: a popularity test. Were a grade … read more