Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited and Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited recorded the biggest decline in production from joint venture assets in the first quarter of this year. The subsidiary of the United States-based ExxonMobil Corporation saw its JV output drop from 11.646 million barrels in January last year …
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Tension in N’Delta over Kachikwu’s selective meetings with ex-militants
An advocacy group in the Niger Delta, the Grassroots Initiative for Peace and Social Orientation, has advised the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, to stop frustrating the peace process in the region. GIPSO said the minister’s alleged selective town hall meetings with some groups and ex-militant …
Read More »Fresh oil spill hits Ibeno communities in Akwa Ibom
Fresh oil spills suspected to emanate from American giant oil facility- ExxonMobil have hit more than 10 communities situated on the Ibeno shoreline in Akwa Ibom. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, a youth leader in the community, Godwin Robert, secretary of Ulok Ulok People’s Assembly, lamented …
Read More »Fuel Scarcity looms again in Nigeria
Nigerians might experiment fuel scarcity again as the owners of Mega Petrol Filling Stations have threatened to shut down operations following an alleged imposition of a lower pump price on them by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) .This was revealed at a briefing held by the Mega Filling Station …
Read More »Nigeria, Africa’s failed Asset’ Emir Lamido Sanusi
“Let me start by saying that I am Fulani (laughter). My grandfather was an Emir and therefore I represent all that has been talked about this afternoon. Sir Ajayi has written a book. And like all Nigerians of his generation, he has written in the language of his generation. “My grandfather was a …
Read More »Tompolo denies giving Buhari ultimatum to withdraw soldiers
FORMER General Officer Commanding, GOC, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, Monday, denied issuing any ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw military from the region or he would blow up oil pipelines. Tompolo’s Media Adviser, Mr. Paul Bebenimibo, said the purported statement was trending …
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