Tag: Niger Delta
Nigeria: Funds hamper East-West road completion
The Supervising Minister, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Darius Ishaku, has said that the East-West Road could not be…
Jonathan: Little progress in Niger Delta after billions spent
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Jonathan lamented on Monday that development in Niger Delta has not justified the quantum of funds allocated…
Kidnapped Italian regains freedom
An Italian man kidnapped in Nigeria last week has been released, the Italian foreign ministry said on Thursday without giving…
JTF shuts illegal refineries, dismantles militant camp
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield today dismantled a militant camp in Bakassi Local Government…
29 oil thieves nabbed, 127 refineries smashed
Nigeria’s Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta has nabbed 29 oil thieves and destroyed 127 illegal oil…
N141b needed to complete East-West road, says Orubebe
The Minister of Nigeria’s Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godsday Orubebe, said N141 billion would be required to complete the East-West…
Chevron set to offload 3 oil blocks in Nigeria
(Reuters) – U.S.-based Chevron Corp will receive bids on 30 September from prospective buyers of three oil blocks in Nigeria’s…
Niger Delta group threatens Amaechi, new violence
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A new Niger Delta group, styled as Coalition of Militant Action for the Niger Delta, COMA, has…
What Is Wrong With The Ijaw Ethnic Group?
By Sabella Abidde Several decades before what eventually came to be known as Nigeria emerged in 1914, the Niger Delta…
Shell’s profit tumbles in Q2
Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday said its net profits plunged by 57 percent in the second quarter compared…
Much Ado About Oil Theft
All the cacophony about oil theft in the Niger Delta and the setting up of a panel to probe the…
110 investors bid for Nigeria’s power plants
No fewer than 110 investors have expressed interest in the 10 power plants of Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC)…
$7b racket: Nigeria moves to rein in oil thieves
Governor Godswill Akpabio of the southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom has been appointed as the head of the Committee…
Again, Shell bemoans oil theft, vandalisation of pipeline
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has bemoaned the crude oil theft activities that led to the recent…
Alleged mastermind of brutal police killing arrested
Nigeria’s military on Friday said they had arrested the “mastermind” of an April attack that killed 11 policemen and raised…