As part of the on-going restructuring exercise aimed at repositioning Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria, the Federal Government has reportedly approved the sack of the about 171 workers, mainly from the Directorate of Airports Operations of the authority. It was … read more
RIVERS State Governor, Peter Odili, has threatened to arrest and prosecute some beneficiaries of the state’s transport scheme initiated in honour of the late First Lady, Mrs. Stella Obasanjo. Indication emerged in Port Harcourt yesterday that the governor had already … read more
MILITANTS in the Niger Delta are staying action on taking foreign oil workers hostage henceforth. Rather, they have decided to go after those they call their real enemies. Spokesperson for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), … read more
GENERAL. NITEL workers strike over unpaid salaries. On the 5th of June 2006 the workers of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited began an indefinite strike over the arrears in payment of their salaries. It appears that they have not been paid for … read more
Shell’s Security Update on hostage release and situation at Cawthorne Channel Reference the hostage taking incident at the Cawthorne Channel facility reported by the Port Harcourt ERT Commander over the past two days, I am pleased to inform you of … read more
(MarketWatch) — A Nigerian government official said Friday that a shut-in at the country’s oil rich Niger Delta is in fact 800,000 barrels a day and higher than previously reported. Speaking at an industry event in Lagos, Tony Chukwueke, director … read more
Five South Korean gas workers kidnapped by militants on Wednesday will be released soon after a plea from a jailed militant leader in whose name the men were abducted, a militant group involved said on Thursday. Militants from three different … read more
FIVE South Koreans working for a conglomerate, Daewoo and Korea Gas Corporation, were kidnapped by militants yesterday. The militants who were heavily armed stormed the Cawthorne Channel Gas Plant, Degema, Rivers State, where they kidnapped the oil workers and allegedly … read more
Five Nigerian soldiers have been killed in a raid on an oil field in which five South Koreans were kidnapped, a group of oil militants says. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) said it might swap … read more
THE Court of Appeal in Abuja yesterday shattered the hope of the leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujaheed Asari-Dokubo for freedom as it dismissed his prayer for bail. The court held that his admission to … read more