Niger-Delta

Pipeline Contracts And Ethnic Blackmail by Tajudeen Suleiman

It’s a habitual fancy in most multi-ethnic and multi-religious countries like Nigeria, that unscrupulous individuals or groups would seek to take advantage of...

NNPCL records 214 oil theft cases in one week in Niger Delta

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL) says it has recorded at least 214 incidents of oil theft in the past week. The...

Spaces for Change to FG: Don’t let Shell escape with unresolved human rights violations in Niger Delta

The Federal Government has been urged to take urgent steps to prevent SHELL from evading accountability for its violations of fundamental human rights...

157 incidents of crude oil theft recorded in Niger Delta in one week, 17 suspects arrested – NNPCL

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) says it recorded 157 incidents of crude oil theft across the Niger Delta between December 30,...

Insecurity in Niger Delta, Lake Chad: Matawalle presents two hi-tech unmanned water vessels to Pres. Tinubu

To further strengthen the fight against insecurity on the country’s waterways, the Minister of State for Defence, Mr Bello Matawalle, on Friday presented...

Just in: 79-year-old Frank Kokori, NUPENG’s former Secretary-General, exits

Chief Frank Ovie Kokori, a former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), has passed on. Kokori died...

Oil theft: 163 incidents recorded,16 suspects arrested in Niger Delta in one week

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Ltd) has matched its words with action in the war against crude oil theft with the...

Crude oil theft: 150 cases recorded from August 26 to Sept. 1 this year — NNPCL

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Tuesday disclosed that from August 26 to September 1, 2023, there were at least 150...

Nigeria now pumps1.67m barrels of crude oil, condensates daily — NNPCL GCEO, Kyari

Nigeria has raised its daily output of barrels of oil and condensates from a million to 1.67 million, Mr Mele Kyari, NNPCL Group...

Fraudulent gas deal: Probe ex-Finance Minister, Ahmed, ministry officials, stakeholders urge Tinubu

The Bola Tinubu administration has been urged to launch an investigation into a fraudulent gas deal consultancy the immediate past Minister of Finance,...

Court nullifies appointments of NDDC Chairperson, Onochie’s 18 aides, barred from interfering with MD’s functions

``Onochie’s unilateral decision to appoint 18 aides in her office and the demand for an executive office in the commission are in contravention...

Crude Oil theft under the guise of lifting sludge busted by NNPCL, Tantita Security Services Ltd and Army

Persecondnews reports that Mawe Services Limited was given approval by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to provide services within the...

Southsouth leader, Clark, joins forces with Obasanjo, Adebanjo, others, tips Obi for president in Feb. poll

Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party’s presidential hopeful, has continued to enjoy a groundswell of support and endorsement of some elder statesmen with the...

Barge, truck laden with stolen crude, eight suspects busted in Niger Delta

In a wave of operations, a barge and truck with consignments of stolen crude oil have been intercepted in the Niger Delta. In...

Publish names of oil thieves in two weeks or face legal action, SERAP tells Buhari 

Worried by the mindless and unrestrained plundering and theft of the country’s oil, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President...