Rebels from Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta said on Monday an April 24 pipeline attack had shut down 350,000 barrels a day of production by Royal Dutch Shell and a company spokesman was not available for comment. The Movement for the … read more
ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM) Monday took the drastic step of declaring force majeure on its energy operations in Nigeria because of an ongoing labor strike, signaling the damaging affect the dispute is having on its operations in the country read more
The Nigerian Bar Association has dragged the British Airways before the Federal High Court in Lagos, following the maltreatment of its Nigerian passenger, Mr Ayo Omotade In a motion ex-parte jointly filed by Omotade, NBA and its President, Mr Olisa … read more
Managing Di-rector of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Engineer Abubakar Lawal Yar�Adua, will today meet with the management of Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN), and the leadership of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) in an effort … read more
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on Monday declared as totally unacceptable the increasing wave of kidnapping for ransom of seafarers and ships in the Niger Delta and tasked the Federal Government to take urgent steps to address it. The Secretary … read more
FRESH facts emerged at the weekend over the disappearance of the Beechcraft 1900D plane which was flown out of the country on March 15 and was declared �missing� by air traffic agencies. Sources in the aviation sector said the plane … read more
Unidentified gunmen killed five policemen and seized several weapons in a raid on a police station in the oil-rich southern Nigerian state of Rivers on Sunday, a police spokeswoman said. The attack took place early on Sunday on Bonny Island, … read more
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has suspended further production of diesel and kerosene at the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company. Consequently, the unit producing kerosene and diesel in the pioneer refining plant has been shut down. Our correspondent learnt that … read more
APPARENTLY worried about the pathetic food situation in the country, the 36 state governors will today gather in Abuja to suggest ways out of the problem. The parley, which will be held at the Kwara State Government Lodge, Abuja, is … read more
The strike at ExxonMobil’s Nigeria affiliate entered its fourth day Sunday with the shutdown of nearly all of the company’s 800,000 barrels per day output. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports talks to resolve the dispute have been constrained by … read more