Ahead of planned nationwide strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday in protest of the recent hike in the pump price of premium motor spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol, from N65 to N75 per litre and the sale … read more
Nigerian pilots and engineers working with Aerocontractor Airlines on Wednesday, embarked on strike that left hundreds of its passengers across the nation stranded. The workers were protesting what they described as the management�s preferential treatment of expatriates to the detriment … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua has directed the governors of Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers states to ensure early return of the oil multinationals to their shut facilities in their states. Yar�Adua reportedly told Governor Timipre Silva-Sam of Bayelsa State, Dr. Emmanuel … read more
Nigerian troops killed eight suspected militants near an Italian-operated oil field in the Niger delta, authorities said on Wednesday. The killings in Bayelsa state on Tuesday came days after militant groups released 19 hostages as part of a nascent peace … read more
Shell Petroleum Development Company has said that it has no plans whatsoever in relocating its corporate headquarters from Port Harcourt to Lagos or anywhere else, stating that, if for anything, the company would bring more staff to the Rivers State … read more
Emergency feeding centres for malnourished children in Niger, the poorest country in the world, are drawing a growing numbers of mothers with malnourished children from oil-rich Nigeria who cross the border in search of medical help not available at home. … read more
The Federal Government has scheduled a meeting with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Friday over the recent hike in the pump price of petroleum products. The meeting was earlier scheduled for tomorrow but … read more
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has denied an alleged plan by it to stop oil exploration in the Niger delta. SPDC’s Acting Manager (Media), Mr Precious Okolobo, told heads of media organisations yesterday in Port Harcourt that the company would … read more
Militants in the Niger Delta, under the Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), have claimed to have destroyed a major pipeline in Nembe area of Bayelsa State. The group claimed that its action was in response to the Supreme Court�s refusal to … read more
Going by the latest figures compiled by the US government, Nigeria is now the third largest exporter of crude oil to America. According to Empowered Newswire reports, the US Energy Information Administration in March said Nigeria had overtaken Saudi Arabia … read more