YOUTHS of Ugborodo Community in Delta State have threatened to ground Chevron’s $3 billion Escravos Gas-to-Liquid (EGTL) project over alleged marginalisation in the award of contracts and job execution. Ugborodo people who are hosts to the project claimed that an … read more
Nigeria’s vice-president has said that the Senate decision to throw out a bill which would have let the president seek re-election will strengthen democracy. “The decision is one of the best things to happen to Nigeria,” said Atiku Abubakar, who … read more
Senior staff working for US energy giant ExxonMobil in Nigeria have threatened to go on strike unless the management agrees to their demand for a pay rise, company and union officials said. “We gave the management a seven-day notice with … read more
Nigeria’s Senate has thrown out a move to allow President Olusegun Obasanjo to seek a third term in office next year – an issue which has divided the country. Opponents shouted for joy as the bill to amend the constitution … read more
Royal Dutch Shell may resume work in the next few weeks in parts of the Nigeria’s Delta region affected by rebel attacks, Shell’s head of exploration and production said Tuesday. Shell, state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. and other partners in … read more
Rivers State government has offered five million naira cash for useful information that would help track down last week’s killers of Ricky Wiginton, an American oil worker, in Port Harcourt. It would be recalled that Governor Peter Odili was out … read more
Royal Dutch Shell, the Anglo-Dutch energy group, has issued a tender for about 70 boats in an effort to strengthen security in Nigeria’s delta region. According to a Shell tender document obtained by the Financial Times and dated January this … read more
CORPSES of four policemen were yesterday found floating on a river in Port Harcourt. There were fears they might have been shot by militants in the early hours of the day. The Police were, however, quick to remove the corpses … read more
Nigerians expecting an improved electricity supply from the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) may as well forget it for now as the Minister for Power and Steel, Senator Liyel Imoke, has said that it would take another period of … read more
President Olusegun Oba-sanjo at the weekend ordered heads of the nation�s security agencies to co-operate in providing increased security around oil pipelines across Nigeria. Obasanjo who is currently on a state visit to Indonesia, also ordered an investigation into the … read more