Barely 48 hours after a flow station belonging to Shell, Chevron and Texaco was seized by Kula Youths in the Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, another facility belonging to Agip Nigeria Limited has been seized by youths … read more
Police fired tear gas at the residence of Nigerian vice-president Atiku Abubakar and arrested several of his supporters, signalling a new low in his worsening relations with President Olusegun Obasanjo, said a spokesperson on Friday. Garba Shehu, the vice-president’s spokesperson, … read more
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has awarded a multi-million naira contract to “de-rubberise” runways at Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, to Vindotco, an international firm. Frequent landings and take-offs of aircraft cause aircraft tyres to peel, resulting in rubber deposits, … read more
MORE than one year after the Bellview aircraft crashed in Lisa village, Ogun State, on October 22, 2005, and killed all 117 passengers and crew on board, Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Prevention Bureau (AIPB) of the Ministry of Aviation is still … read more
The Nigerian Conservation Foundation is seeking N2bn to combat the pollution and other forms of environmental problems confronting the different sections of the country, especially the Niger Delta region. Part of the fund is indeed, to enable the organisation intervene … read more
Indications emerged on Thursday that the Rivers State Government had waded into the face-off between the youths of Kula Kingdom and oil companies operating in the area. The youths invaded three flow stations being operated by Shell and Chevron at … read more
A recent report by an American-based crisis-monitoring group, has warned that the country risks disintegration unless the Federal Government significantly addresses the causes of violence in the country. The report, from the International Crisis Group and titled: Nigeria’s Faltering Federal … read more
President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday told oil companies they “could and should do more” to help upgrade living conditions in the “long neglected” Niger Delta. He urged that treatment befitting fellow humans be meted to those who could neither farm … read more
About N1.548 trillion ($12 billion) is expected to be spent on local content development by 2010 to raise indigenous participation in the oil sector to about 70 per cent. The input is currently 20 per cent. DVCF Oil and Gas … read more
Angry villagers in Nigeria who took over three Shell oil platforms in the volatile Niger Delta have agreed to end their siege and allow operations to resume, Nigerian and company officials said. But they were still at the stations by … read more