Tag: Niger Delta
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…
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,…
50 illegal refineries destroyed in Nigeria
JETHRO IBILEKE, Benin Determined to rid the rid the Niger Delta region of all forms of criminality, men of…