Niger Delta Militants The resurgence of Niger Delta militancy has reached the level of an all-out renewal of conflict that Nigeria’s security forces appear incapable of stopping, and force majeure Continue Reading
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has given the nation’s central bank the go-ahead to introduce flexibility in the naira exchange rate, his spokesman said on Monday. “The president is opposed to Continue Reading
Militants blew up strategic gas and crude pipelines belonging to Shell and Agip on Saturday in an increasingly fierce campaign that has chopped Nigeria’s oil production in half, militants and Continue Reading
The nation’s crude oil fortunes took another downward plunge, yesterday, following attacks by Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, on pipelines close to Escravos Tank Farm at Ciera creek, near Abiteye community, Continue Reading
In two simultaneous attacks late on Thursday, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDV) have targeted a state-run crude pipeline near the Batan oilfield. The oil and gas pipeline is near the Continue Reading
The new militant group, Niger Delta Avenger, on Thursday claimed responsibility for another attack on a gas pipeline belonging to Chevron in Delta state. The group announced the attack on Continue Reading
A militant group in the Niger Delta said it targeted a Chevron pipeline in the region after the company failed to heed a warning issued in mid-May. We Warned #Chevron Continue Reading
Nigeria’s amnesty program for armed militants in the country’s key oil and gas producing Niger River delta region needs restructuring, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Emmanuel Kachikwu said, as Continue Reading
Nigeria may fail to deliver all of the spending promised in this year’s budget in light of “the current economic realities,” Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said. Approval of the 2016 Continue Reading
Nigeria owes airlines more than half a billion dollars in outstanding air fares as the oil-price slump depletes reserves of the U.S. currency and prompts the government to limit the Continue Reading
