The police said Monday it had arrested two men for stealing crude oil from a Shell pipeline in Ahoada, near Nigeria’s oil city of Port Harcourt. Police spokesperson Rita Abbey said the men, identified as Edwin Dick and Daniel Amadi, … read more
The bodies of the two kidnapped workers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Abubakar A. Malabu and Bashir Danjuma were recovered in the bush in Delta State on Saturday. Malabu and Danjuma were staff of the Nigeria Petroleum Development … read more
Indications emerged yesterday that the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) operations in Delta and Bayelsa states might be halted or closed down in no distant future. This follows fears expressed by the General Manager, Western Operations, Mr. Cor Zegelaar, that … read more
There was anxiety in the Presidency at the weekend over the fate of President Umaru Yar’Adua, following the disbandment of the cabinet and plans to raise a new team. The fear is that Yar’Adua may get well and return to … read more
Nigerian police have arrested 164 people after a recent massacre near the central city of Jos and plan to charge most with offences ranging from terrorism to arson, authorities said on Sunday. “In its resolve to deal decisively with perpetrators … read more
Nigeria’s Acting President Goodluck Jonathan will nominate a new ministerial team by early next week, and is likely to reappoint around half the cabinet he has just sacked, presidency sources said on Thursday. Fast appointment of the ministers could do … read more
Port Harcourt witnessed another electrical accident on Friday afternoon when about 32 electric poles collapsed along Oginigba – Azuabie Road, Trans-Amadi, during a rainstorm. No casualty was reported in the incident, which happened 35 days after a similar occurrence which … read more
As Nigerians await the list of new ministers being considered by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, indications are rife that the core loyalists of ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua are plotting a fight back by muzzling the attempt to reconstitute the … read more
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan’s consolidation of his grip on power is drawing applause from the United States of America which says his efforts are easing a political crisis that once fanned fears of instability in the country. Assistant Secretary of … read more
If the popular militia group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), needed an excuse to snap out of the post-amnesty lull, then Emmanuel Uduaghan, the Delta State governor, gave them an ample dose. It was Mr. … read more