The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has claimed that its fighters on Thursday destroyed a major pipeline belonging to Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) at Adamakiri in Rivers State. According to an online … read more
MILITANTS who attacked the Dibi- and Olero Flow Stations in Delta State on Wednesday seized an unspecified number of weapons from the men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta and the delay by the miliant group, identified … read more
AS the cat and mouse game between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello continues, her colleagues at the Lower Chamber of the National Assembly has asked her to surrender to the anti-graft agency. The House … read more
Oil prices crossed $117 a barrel for the first time after a militant group in Nigeria said it had attacked a Royal Dutch Shell-operated pipeline. Confirmation that production had been hit revived US sweet, light crude, which had fallen more … read more
NEW details about President Umaru Yar�Adua�s health have emerged, pointing to an apparent wrong diagnoses of the ailment from the beginning by his Nigerian doctors. SaharaReporters gathered that after suffering swellings all over his body on Saturday, April 12 2008, … read more
As speculations are still rife over the actual cause of the emergency landing of the Boeing 737 Virgin Atlantic plane bound for Duala, Cameroon Wednesday evening in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the Accident Investigation Bureau, National Civil Aviation Authority has … read more
Hundreds of Nigerians in Diaspora have threatened to boycott the British Airways following the deplorable conduct of the officials of the airline towards Nigerian passengers. They are also protesting the manner the airline treated a Nigerian who was forced back … read more
Senators have declared Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello missing, and are frantically looking for her; with a directive that Senate Chief Whip, Kanti Bello, should employ all legislative means to find her before the plenary next Tuesday. Iyabo, Senate Health Committee Chairman, who … read more
The United States government may consider sending military experts to help with the location of the missing Beechcraft 19900D plane. The Empowered Newswire, a US-based Nigerian news agency, reported that the development followed the US� receipt of a request from … read more
Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), yesterday told the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (upstream), that the Ministry of Interior should be blamed for constant violation of expatriate quota in the oil and gas Industry in Nigeria. DPR Director General, … read more