Reuters) – More than 500 bodies, most burnt beyond recognition, were lying at the scene of a fuel pipeline explosion in Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos, a Reuters witness said on Tuesday. Hundreds of people went to scoop fuel from the … read more
A ruptured gasoline pipeline burst into flames today as scavengers in the impoverished neighborhood collected spilling fuel. At least 260 people died in the explosion in Nigeria’s largest city, the Red Cross said. Scores of bodies could be seen jumbled … read more
As motorists queue endlessly at petrol stations, without buying, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday debunked rumours of imminent hike in petroleum pump prices, stating that there is no plan to increase prices of the product this year. The … read more
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has absolved Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN), of any tax indebtedness to the Akwa Ibom State government, as it pays N2 billion as tax annually to the state government. Rising from … read more
Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People on Sunday took up the Federal Government on the rising wave of violence in the Niger Delta, accusing it of not showing enough political will to resolve the crises in the area. … read more
The four expatriates held hostage by militants since December 7 will celebrate Christmas with the armed men in an unknown Niger Delta creek. The oil workers were kidnapped at the terminal of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company at Twon-Brass, headquarters … read more
An armed separatist group in southern Nigeria has requested a doctor to tend to one of four foreign oil workers being held hostage because he is “seriously ill”, a newspaper reported on Monday. “One of the Italian hostages is seriously … read more
An armed separatist group in southern Nigeria has said that one of four foreign oil workers taken hostage had been ill but was recovering and had received medical treatment. Roberto Dieghi, a 64-year-old Italian, had fallen ill “but seems to … read more
BARELY four days after militants exploded two bombs at the premises of Shell Petroleum Development Company and Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited another bomb was yesterday detonated behind the new Rivers State Government House in Port Harcourt. Although there were … read more
Suspected arsonists, believed to be militants in the early hours of yesterday blew open two pipelines of the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company(WRPC), which carries petroleum products between the refinery and the jetty. The explosion point is popularly called “Monkey … read more