Tag: Niger Delta
The Ugly Bribe For Peace
Analysts warn that the present huge payments to former militants for peace in the Niger Delta is not sustainable On…
Nigeria acquires more gunboats for maritime security
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Friday in Port-Harcourt inaugurated 10 new patrol gunboats to boost the operations of the Joint…
Shell announces completion of block sale in Nigeria
Shell said Monday it has completed the sale of its share of an onshore oil block in Nigeria’s Niger Delta…
Shell pays $383m to Nigeria’s security agents
An oil industry watchdog said Monday that Shell paid Nigeria’s military and police $65 million over two years to secure…
Thieves steal Shell’s 12.6 million barrels of crude
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) said it lost 12.58 million barrels of crude oil between December 2011 and June…
Oboh Tasks Nigerian Engineers On Service Delivery
Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr. Christian Oboh has tasked the Nigerian Society of Engineers to evolve ways of…
Nigerian army seizes stolen $9million crude oil
Nigeria has in the last five months seized 17.5 million litres of oil worth around $9 million (7.2 million euros)…
Who Will Stop These Oil Thieves?
A few days ago, the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed said Nigeria’s oil…
Coalition Urges Jonathan To Reshuffle Cabinet
The Coalition of Niger Delta Ethnic and Civil Society Groups have urged President Goodluck Jonathan to sack some members of…
208 Ex-militants On Scholarship At Igbinedion University -Kuku
A total of 208 ex-militants of the Niger Delta region are currently on scholarship pursuing various degree programmes at Nigeria’s…
7 illegal refineries destroyed in Niger Delta
A joint team of Army and State Security Service (SSS) personnel has destroyed seven illegal refineries located along the creek…
Niger Delta: US Supreme Court rejects bid to sue Chevron
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal by 19 Nigerians seeking to invoke a US…
Shell responds to Al’s criticisms over Niger Delta oil spills
Shell Nigeria has reacted to the latest criticisms of its oil exploration in Nigeria and the attendant spillage, affecting some…
Group Vows To Cripple Oil Supply To North
A group, Association of Ethnic Nationalities, AEN, in the Niger Delta region, has vowed to cripple supply of petroleum products…
Nollywood star, Omotola wants Shell to clean up Niger Delta
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde has joined Amnesty International’s campaign calling on oil company Shell to Own Up, Pay Up and Clean…
Shell workers ‘blocked’ by protesters
Hundreds of Nigerian protesters blocked waterways in the Niger Delta to prevent Shell workers from reaching oil rigs. One protester…
Ex-Militants Block Road To Oil Terminal
Youths, who claimed to be former Niger Delta agitators on Monday blocked the access road to Qua Iboe Oil Terminal…
Committee Chairman Laments Poor Record Keeping At LASURA
The Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development of the Lagos State House of Assembly has decried what it described…
NDDC Opens Bids For 66 Mega Projects
In compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has opened bids…
Little Drops On Stage
A new stage drama Little Drops is set to hit the stage. Little Drops is a story rooted in the…
Nigeria: War in The North, War In The South!
Bayo Onanuga Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the man who declared Biafran secession in 1967 and triggered Nigeria’s first civil war was…
Jonathan Challenges Shell On Pollution
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed concern at the level of environmental pollution in the Niger Delta, challenging multinational oil…
Rein In The Delta Militants Now
The resumption of criminal activities in the Niger Delta is worrisome and calls for action, real action this time on…
American Narrates Kidnap Ordeal In Nigeria
As the car an American was riding in idled in traffic in a remote Nigerian town, two men appeared, one…
Niger Delta Coalition, NLC Calls On Nigerians To Support Ongoing Strike
As the nationwide fuel subsidy strike entered the fifth day today, the Rivers State branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress,…
Disaster In The Niger Delta
As Nigerians grapple with the problems of Boko Haram, fuel subsidy removal and galloping inflation, another national disaster is happening…
Charles Okah Seriously Ill In Prison
Niger Delta warlord, Charles Okah, currently in Kuje Prison, Abuja awaiting trial is seriously ill as a result of inhuman…
Alison-Madueke, Richardson, Mitee, others Brain Storm on Niger Delta
A major step in the total overhaul of the environmental situation in the Niger Delta region would be activated Tuesday…
Ibru, Epitome Of Courage —Utomi
Prof Pat Utomi, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP) in the 2011elections, and human rights lawyer,…
Police Still Trail Niger Delta Gang Leader
The police have said that they are still on the trail of one Iheacho Monday, a member of one of…