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See below for TWO press releases issued today by Jomo Gbomo. I have posted them in the order in which they were received yesterday. Chief From: Jomo Gbomo Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 4:25 PM Subject: Chevron Pipeline Attack Heeding … read more

Union, Chevron Talks Collapse – Union

Talks to avert a strike between a leading white collar union and Chevron Nigeria Ltd. have collapsed, a union official said Friday. “The talks collapsed completely,” Jonathan Omare, secretary of the Chevron Corp. (CVX) unit of the Petroleum and Natural … read more

Fresh Outbreak Of Polio Emerges In Nigeria

An outbreak of polio has hit northern Nigeria again and started spreading into neighbouring countries, the United Nations health agency says, warning of a potential international outbreak on the scale of the one that struck 20 countries between 2003 and … read more

Nigeria ‘shock’ after oil attack

Oil production at an oil installation off the Nigerian coast remains halted because staff are suffering from shock after a militant attack, officials say. The attack on the Royal Dutch Shell facility stopped about 10% of Nigeria’s oil production. Shell … read more

Chevron says pipeline breached

Nigerian militants have blown up an oil pipeline near US corporation Chevron’s Escravos oilfields, the Nigerian military says. Chevron said the attack prompted it to shut down onshore oil production. The loss equates to about 120,000 barrels per day, about … read more