Invasion of western Niger Delta Abiteye flow station has forced Chevron Nigeria Limited to again cut 42,000 barrels per day of crude oil production yesterday. The joint venture company, Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC)/Chevron Joint Venture confirmed the attack, saying … read more
After a late-night meeting between the Federal Government and labour leaders and civil society groups, government has agreed to reduce by N5 the pump price of petrol from the present N75 per litre. It sold for N65 before the increase. … read more
Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, on Sunday blamed the kidnap of foreign oil workers on their refusal to leave the region despite several warnings by militants. He reiterated to journalists in Port Harcourt that the … read more
Suspected militants on Sunday attacked the Nigeria Agip Oil Company flow station in Ogboinbiri, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, in what was described as reprisal attacks. They also held 12 workers of the company hostage. The attacks … read more
The National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the leadership of the Trade Union Congress will meet on Monday (today) to decide whether or not to commence a nationwide strike on Wednesday. The President of the National Union … read more
Crack detectives from the police and intelligence unit of the Joint Task Force (JTF) code-named �Operation Restore Hope� are closing in on the armed gang that abducted four workers – three Indians and a Pole – in Sapele, Delta State, … read more
IT was wild jubilation in most parts of Rivers State Thursday when news of the conditional release of the leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujaheed Asari Dokubo, by an Abuja High Court filtered into the state. … read more
Hundreds of angry villagers chased workers away from an oil-transfer facility Monday in restive southern Nigeria and occupied the premises in hopes of forcing payment from the oil industry, officials said. Elsewhere in the Niger Delta, gunmen were holding some … read more
NIGER Delta youths, particularly from the Ijaw extraction, brought Port Harcourt to a standstill for over four hours yesterday, as they came out in their thousands to welcome the leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujahid Dokubo-Asari. … read more
Recently released leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo yesterday arrived Air Force Base, Port Harcourt with a promise to do everything in his powers to end kidnapping and hostage taking in the region. … read more