The Senate yesterday called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and security agencies to live up to their responsibility of securing oil pipelines against the nefarious activities of “die-hard vandals.” The upper legislative chamber, which expressed shock over the … read more
The Lagos State government has raised the alarm that more oil explosions are imminent in the metropolis, if nothing urgent is done to rectify all the ruptured oil pipelines in about 13 communities in the state. The Commissioner for Physical … read more
The kidnappings and armed attacks plaguing oil companies operating in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger delta are among the top security challenges U.S. businesses are likely to face in 2007, a State Department official said Thursday. “We’re keeping our eye on Nigeria … read more
The provisional results of Nigeria’s first census in 15 years show that Africa’s most populous nation has a population of more than 140m. The National Population Commission said this was an increase of 63% since 1991. The headcount is sensitive, … read more
TWO hundred and thirty-eight victims of Tuesday�s fuel pipeline fire at Awori, Lagos were given a mass burial overnight, according to the Nigerian Red Cross. At least seven of those rushed to different hospitals have died while health officials have … read more
Nigeria’s government has promised measures to avoid future disasters, after a pipeline explosion killed at least 260 people in Lagos. Pipeline fires occur frequently in Nigeria as people try to scoop up fuel leaking from pipes that have broken or … read more
FOUR Nigerian workers with the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) held hostage by militants have miraculously escaped from their captors. They were taken hostage at Tebidaba flow station in Bayelsa State. The four workers who sustained gunshot injuries arrived in … read more
A top management staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) said to be scooping fuel from the damaged pipeline in Abule Egba, Lagos State, was among the hundreds of people that died in Tuesday�s pipeline explosion, the Nigerian … read more
A pipeline caught fire Thursday in a poor Lagos neighborhood and Red Cross workers were investigating the second explosion in three days, but there was no immediate word on casualties, officials said. Adeola Adefolabi, a Lagos government official, said the … read more
Fuel was leaking from a pipeline in a poor Lagos neighborhood Thursday, but the Red Cross said its earlier report of an explosion was mistaken. A Nigerian Red Cross official, Ige Oladimeji, said once officials got to the site in … read more