Rivers State Commissioner for Environment, Dr Roseline Konya, has enjoined refuse contractors to justify the N100 million monthly spending on sanitation in Port Harcourt metropolis by the government by living up to their responsibilities. She also expressed the hope that … read more
Planned strike by state electricity workers likely to result in widespread blackout. Workers from the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) in June threatened to stage a nationwide strike from 1 July if the government proceeds with its planned privatisation … read more
Barely 24 hours after militants in the Niger Delta released two Filipino hostages, President Oluse-gun Obasanjo has warned against further “acts of violence, hostage-taking or antisocial behaviour.” According to the President, violence as they would escalate rather than solve the … read more
GENERAL. Terrorists Target Internal airlines. On the 19th of June 2006 an unconfirmed report indicated a potential terrorist threat against Aero Contractors Airline [ACN] and Virgin Nigeria Airline. These two airlines service the oil and gas industry and are top … read more
Two Filipino oil workers abducted on Tuesday in southern Nigeria are safe and authorities are trying to establish contact with them or their kidnappers, officials said on Saturday. Six gunmen in a speedboat seized the two men in Port Harcourt, … read more
(Reuters) – Nigerian kidnappers freed two Filipino oil workers on Sunday, five days after seizing them in the southern Niger Delta where a six-month wave of abductions and attacks has crippled Africa’s biggest oil industry. Spokesmen for Rivers state, where … read more
NNS Pathfinder Base, located at Rumuolumeni Port Harcourt was attacked night of June 22 2006 by the suspected Niger Delta militants. Two naval men are reported missing while some cash were removed from the Navy office by the militants. The … read more
GENERAL. Nigeria loses 800,000-Bpd Output. On the 12th of June 2006 it was reported that the attacks on oil personnel and facilities by militants in the Niger Delta had caused 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) to be shut in. Shell … read more
At least six people were killed in southeastern Nigeria as a feud between a separatist group and a transport union degenerated into street battles, residents said on Saturday. One witness said men armed with guns and machetes boarded a bus, … read more
Striking workers of the Nigerian Telecommuni-cations Limited (NITEL) yesterday suspended their two-week old industrial action just as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) called on the telecom company�s management to apologise to the leadership of the striking workers. The workers had … read more