An armed gang raided Bori police station in southern Rivers State and carted away arms and salaries of local government council workers, official News Agency of Nigeria (Nan) reported on Monday. Witnesses said that the 12-member gang stormed the station … read more
IN a rare attempt at ending frequent hostilities in the Niger Delta, the Army, weekend, began dialogue with the militants. However, speaking in Port Harcourt, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Owoye Andrew Azazi, said the meeting was not borne … read more
One month after the two unions in the oil sector � the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), suspended their warning strike, both unions gave indication … read more
The value of claims instituted by oil communities in the Niger Delta for environmental damages against the Shell Petroleum Development Company has risen to N55.79tn. Statistics obtained on Sunday by our correspondent from the SPDC andother sources indicated that the … read more
Rivers State government says it would no longer tolerate a situation where communities interfere in oil production activities. The Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Deacon Clapton Ogolo, gave the warning in Port Harcourt at the signing ceremony of a … read more
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) issued new security rules for the nation’s airports at the weekend. According to a statement issued here by NCAA, the new rules were in line with global security alerts following new threats from liquid … read more
The Swiss government has repatriated all stolen money traced to the account of the late Head of State, General Sanni Abacha in Switzerland, a Swiss diplomat, Mr. Fabio Baiardi, has said. Baiardi, Deputy Head of Mission of the Swiss Embassy … read more
The management of OAS Helicopters has said victims of the air disaster involving its helicopter, which happened in Warri on Friday, were responding to treatment in Lagos. In a statement signed by its executive director, Captain Moses Weefur, the company … read more
Oil workers in Nigeria threatened to resume a strike they called off after two days in September, accusing the government of reneging on the promises it made to them two months ago. Officials of the country’s two oil workers’ unions … read more
(Reuters) – Gunmen invaded an oil pumping station in Nigeria’s southern Niger Delta on Saturday night, taking an unknown number of staff hostage and seizing a military houseboat, an oil industry source said on Sunday. The attack on the facility … read more