Armed gunmen seized two expatriate oil workers – a Briton and an American – during a raid on a Norwegian oil services ship off Nigeria’s southern coast, officials and the oil company said today. The two were seized before dawn … read more
Armed gunmen on 2 November kidnapped two foreign oil workers from a ship off the coast of Bayelsa state in the Niger delta region. The incident underlines an increase in militancy in the region since the start of 2006, and … read more
Royal Dutch Shell has resumed production of 47,000 barrels per day of oil output in Nigeria after a protest by villagers over contracts, a spokesman said on Thursday. Villagers stormed four oil flow stations, including three operated by Shell, last … read more
The Police in Rivers State have announced the arrest and subsequent detention of six persons alleged to be the brain behind kidnapping of expatriate workers in in the Niger Delta region especially Rivers and Akwa Ibom States. The police which … read more
The last of the oil platforms taken over by irate Kula youths in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State-Ekulema 2, was vacated in the early hours of Tuesday. The youths left the oil platform following an all-night meeting held … read more
Ogoniland appears to be heading for another major crisis following deep internal disagreements over the mandate of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) to clean up oil spill sites in the area. Although the UNEP team led by the Director, … read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it will investigate the sale of oil acreage that was offered in open auction but subsequently sold behind closed doors. The EFCC�s Chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, was quoted by the Financial Times … read more
Former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has been in talks with Nigerian soccer officials about taking over the country’s national team. Eriksson met officials about 10 days ago, said Tord Grip, who served as Eriksson’s assistant coach in England. “They have … read more
THE nation�s oil workers, under the umbrella of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and its Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), have called on the National Assembly to probe the owners of … read more
ACTIVITIES were yesterday disrupted at the office of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company in Port Harcourt as staff of the firm embarked on an industrial action over failure of the management to pay them their security allowance. When Vanguard visited … read more