Nigeria wants Royal Dutch Shell to reopen one of its main pipelines but the oil multinational is resisting, analysts say, for fear it could once again be bombed by militants. The Trans Forcados Pipeline, the main feed to the 400,000-barrel-a-day Forcados export terminal, has been shut for all but three weeks of the past year, […]
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The huge decline in crude oil production largely occasioned by militant attacks in the Niger Delta has caused the country to lose at least N100.4bn in earnings in 13 days. Official reports indicate that the nation’s oil output has dropped by 800,000 barrels per day to 1.4 million bpd since May 16. The Minister of […]
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Niger Delta Avengers has blown up Chevron Nigeria Valve Platform located on the high seas near Escravos in Warri South-West Council area of Delta State. The group also demanded apology from Ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo within the next three days over his letter to President Mohammadu Buhari saying, “anything other than that will mean that […]
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14th February was celebrated as Lover’s day across the world, but in parts of the creeks of the Niger Delta it turned out to be a tragic day. While lovers dressed with a touch of red, Forcados communities were braced for the unknown with the threat of having their water ways coated with crude oil […]
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