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Operators raise alarm on ageing workforce

Oil and gas operators have expressed concern over the ageing of the industry�s workforce, without attendant replacements. The problem, although a global phenomenon, has become more of a challenge to the Nigerian environment, especially as it is estimated that 50 … read more

Nigeria to end bulk of $500m debt

Nigeria has agreed a deal for US investment bank Merrill Lynch to take on most of its $500m (�257m) debt. The money is owed to the London Club, a group of creditor nations. Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Nenadi Usman, said it … read more

Police to deploy 200,000 officers for polls

PREPARATIONS towards ensuring peaceful elections may have begun as the Nigeria Police are deploying about 200,000 officer for the exercise, Inspector General of Police Mr. Sunday Ehindero, has disclosed. The Police chief stated yesterday in Abuja that the decision to … read more

Atiku dares INEC to disqualify him

Vice President Atiku Abubakar says that the April general elections would not hold if the Federal Government stops him from contesting the presidential polls. Speaking in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Thursday, in continuation of his campaign, Atiku said: “We are … read more

Threat to Drilling Rigs

A militant group calling itself the Niger Delta Gorillas, a purported arm of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has written an e-mail to most of the major oil and gas companies, asking them to withdraw … read more

Gunmen kill seven in PH: police

Seven people were shot dead Friday and 10 others were seriously wounded when gunmen opened fire in a crowded district of Nigeria’s oil capital Port Harcourt, the police said. The unidentified gunmen entered the city aboard two buses, and blocked … read more

Gunmen again kidnap foreigner

Gunmen kidnapped a Lebanese worker Wednesday in Nigeria’s restive southern oil region, the latest in a string of attacks across the increasingly lawless area, police said. The man, whose name was not released, was working on a construction project in … read more

No Atiku, no election, AC warns

The Action Congress has threatened that there would not be election in Nigeria if the Independent National Electoral Commission went ahead to disqualify its presidential candidate, Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, from contesting the April election. The party, in a statement by … read more