Shell, has yesterday disclosed that it has lifted a force Majeure declaration on shipments from its Forcados oil export terminal in Nigeria. According to the company�s spokeswoman, Eurwen Thomas, enough crude is now available from storage and current production to … read more
Officials of Lagos State Government on Saturday, led security agencies and other health personnel to clear about 50 corpses abandoned at Owode-Elede, Ikorodu, Lagos State. The Baale of Owode-Elede, Ikorodu, Lagos, Chief Ramoni Oni, told our correspondent on Monday that … read more
A full panel of three judges at the London High Court today restored a restraining order on the worldwide assets of James Ibori which had earlier been lifted by the Southwark Crown Court in London. The decision of the High … read more
TO avert any outbreak of crisis between Rivers and Akwa Ibom states over Amenam Kpono field development project (0mh 99/100) operated by Tota Elf Petroleum Nigeria limited, the federal government has been told to urgently step into the raging controversy … read more
The United States has said that it will not station any marine in the troubled Niger Delta. The Public Affairs Officer, US Consulate General, Lagos Office, Mr. Tim Gerhardson, who made this known on Friday, also reiterated Washington�s support for … read more
THE total federally collected revenue fell by 14.9 per cent in the second quarter of 2007 to N1.094 trillion although nation�s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate etched up to 5.73 per cent. The Central Bank (CBN) in its economic … read more
CONTRABAND (textile materials, shoes and jewellery) worth several billions of naira imported into the country in four cargo planes belonging to foreign airlines (names withheld) have been impounded by officials of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Command of the Nigerian Customs … read more
A leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State and chairman of the Community Development Committee (CDC) of the Kokori community, Mr. Benjamin Ojijevwe, has been killed under questionable circumstances in Warri by policemen attached to the Eagle … read more
AILING infrastructure in the aviation sector may soon be rehabilitated as the World Bank has approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit of N5.87 billion ($46.65 million) for Nigeria under the West and Central Africa Air Transport Safety and Security … read more
The United States is disturbed by the Sept. 26 arrest in Nigeria of an American aid worker accused of helping two Germans film and photograph oil facilities in the Niger Delta, the U.S. embassy in Nigeria said on Saturday. Judith … read more