About a dozen armed men attacked a southern Nigeria oil facility Wednesday, leaving two attackers dead in a fight with naval forces, police officials said. Eleven men attacked the Oporoma station to try to shut down the facility, which is … read more
IJAW leaders, who came to Aso Rock yesterday to plead for the release of detained leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo went back disappointed yesterday as President Olusegun Obasanjo turned down their request. Obasanjo … read more
THEY swooped on the photographic images of Chief Joshua Chibi Dariye. The attackers smashed away endlessly and the din of shattering glass drowned all else. At the end, what were portraits of Dariye littered the floor of the Government House … read more
The Abuja Gateway Consortium, on Monday, emerged the concessionaire for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and will run it for the next 25 years. The consortium made up of local and foreign investors was the sole bidder at the … read more
An armed gang raided Bori police station in southern Rivers State and carted away arms and salaries of local government council workers, official News Agency of Nigeria (Nan) reported on Monday. Witnesses said that the 12-member gang stormed the station … read more
IN a rare attempt at ending frequent hostilities in the Niger Delta, the Army, weekend, began dialogue with the militants. However, speaking in Port Harcourt, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Owoye Andrew Azazi, said the meeting was not borne … read more
One month after the two unions in the oil sector � the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), suspended their warning strike, both unions gave indication … read more
The value of claims instituted by oil communities in the Niger Delta for environmental damages against the Shell Petroleum Development Company has risen to N55.79tn. Statistics obtained on Sunday by our correspondent from the SPDC andother sources indicated that the … read more
Rivers State government says it would no longer tolerate a situation where communities interfere in oil production activities. The Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Deacon Clapton Ogolo, gave the warning in Port Harcourt at the signing ceremony of a … read more
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) issued new security rules for the nation’s airports at the weekend. According to a statement issued here by NCAA, the new rules were in line with global security alerts following new threats from liquid … read more