Tag: Niger Delta
Nigeria: Pirates kidnap Russian, 3 Sri Lankans
Pirates stormed a cargo ship off Nigeria’s oil-producing southern coast, kidnapping five foreign sailors and stealing cash, a watchdog and…
Stop Oil Theft Now!
The rising incidence of oil theft, pipeline vandalism and other economic sabotage undermining oil production in the Niger Delta betray…
ACN raises the red flag on worsening oil theft
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that the rising cases of crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism in…
Flawed Implementation Of Amnesty Programme Cause Of Oil Theft In The Niger Delta
Toyin Akinosho, geologist and former employee of an international oil company is the Publisher of the highly rated Africa Oil…
MEND faction denies planned attacks over Okah
A faction of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, purportedly headed by Henry Okah now in jail in…
Henry Okah: MEND Threatens ‘Plague of Attacks’
TOKUNBO OLAJIDE The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND has threatened to resume attacks in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger…
Corporate Sponsorship And Sports Development
As the 15th edition of the NNPC/Shell football competition drew to an end at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos…
Over 46 % NDDC Projects Abandoned, says panel
Chief Isaac Jemide led Presidential Monitoring Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC submitted its report to President Goodluck…
Dutch court to rule in Nigerian farmers’ case against Shell
THE HAGUE(AFP) – A Dutch court will decide on Wednesday whether Shell should clean up oil damage that destroyed a…
5 kidnapped Indian sailors freed in Nigeria
The five Indian crew members of an oil tanker who were kidnapped last month after heavily armed pirates stormed their…
Chris Aire, Duncan Mighty Part Ways
After two years of business partnership, popular jeweler, Chris Aire, has announced his split with Port Harcourt-based Afro pop singer…
JTF Impounds 700 Illegal Oil Vessels
The Joint Task Force (JTF) operating in the Niger Delta said on Thursday it impounded 700 boats, barges, vessels and…
2 Lebanese workers kidnapped in Niger Delta
Gunmen have kidnapped two Lebanese workers from a construction site in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region, police said Tuesday. The…
Dele Cole: Stolen Nigeria’s oil goes to Singapore, balkans
The main buyers of the estimated 180,000 barrels of oil stolen each day in Nigeria are based in the Balkans…
Nigeria Suffering From Severe Dutch Disease
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Prior to 1959, the Dutch country of Netherlands, then known as Holland, was well known for its industrialization,…