The Nigerian Conservation Foundation is seeking N2bn to combat the pollution and other forms of environmental problems confronting the different sections of the country, especially the Niger Delta region. Part of the fund is indeed, to enable the organisation intervene … read more
Indications emerged on Thursday that the Rivers State Government had waded into the face-off between the youths of Kula Kingdom and oil companies operating in the area. The youths invaded three flow stations being operated by Shell and Chevron at … read more
A recent report by an American-based crisis-monitoring group, has warned that the country risks disintegration unless the Federal Government significantly addresses the causes of violence in the country. The report, from the International Crisis Group and titled: Nigeria’s Faltering Federal … read more
President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday told oil companies they “could and should do more” to help upgrade living conditions in the “long neglected” Niger Delta. He urged that treatment befitting fellow humans be meted to those who could neither farm … read more
About N1.548 trillion ($12 billion) is expected to be spent on local content development by 2010 to raise indigenous participation in the oil sector to about 70 per cent. The input is currently 20 per cent. DVCF Oil and Gas … read more
Angry villagers in Nigeria who took over three Shell oil platforms in the volatile Niger Delta have agreed to end their siege and allow operations to resume, Nigerian and company officials said. But they were still at the stations by … read more
In the Nigeria context, a nation with huge oil wealth and abundant human resources, these definitions are apt. Nigeria is the world�s sixth largest producer of oil, earning tens of millions of dollars daily from crude oil export alone. Its … read more
THIRTEEN unexploded bombs believed to have been abandoned during the civil war in various parts of Enugu State have been recovered by the anti-bomb unit of the Nigeria Police in Enugu, which described the discovery of the explosives as shocking. … read more
A group of protesters have invaded three Shell oil stations in the Niger Delta, forcing the facilities to be shut down, the company said. The demonstrators are accusing the oil giant of failing to fulfil an agreement to provide them … read more
THE Federal Executive Council approved, yesterday, the procurement of more patrol vehicles for the operations of the Military Task Force in the Niger Delta region and declared that the wanton blood letting in the region was under control. Vice President … read more