Chevron Corp cannot stop flaring gas from its oil fields in Nigeria this year without shutting production, as the government has been unable to repair key infrastructure, a company executive said on Tuesday. “Our flares are continuing to be put … read more
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Aliyu Modibbo Umar, has declared last Saturday of every month as environmental sanitation day in all the six Area Councils of the city. The minister made the decision known at the FCT Executive … read more
Eni SpA said that Feyi Dienye, a Nigerian citizen in charge of local community relations in the Port Harcourt district for Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC), has been kidnapped early this morning while going to the office. NAOC is Eni’s … read more
The police in Oyo State yesterday continued their clampdown of the operators of an illegal detention centre in the state capital where 23 people mostly teenagers were rescued at the weekend. The police acting on a tip off, had on … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua yesterday said only credible elections will guarantee peace in the polity, adding that his administration remains fully committed to curbing electoral malpractices. Yar�Adua said this while addressing a delegation from Kano State branch of the Peoples … read more
Nigerian government has handed over Tombo-Mota, a fishing village in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State to Niger Republic. The decision is taken after the five-year dispute over status of the community was resolved by a Joint Standing Committee … read more
President Umaru Yar�Adua on Monday passed a vote of no confidence in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Yar�Adua, at the opening of the eighth edition of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Conference in Abuja, said the NNPC had derailed from … read more
The former Governor of Cross River State , Mr. Donald Duke, and his wife, Onari, were guests of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission on Monday, where they were interrogated over alleged acts of financial misappropriation. Duke … read more
The following letter was culled from one of the Italian papers. It appears to be from MEND and is addressed to President George W. Bush who is currently on a whirlwind tour of Africa. Chief Mr President: Greetings from the … read more
FRESH facts have emerged indicating current crude oil shut-in is now one million barrels per day against 600,000 barrels reported early this year by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). From when this figure hit one million barrels per day … read more