Washington Post out to blackmail Nigerian oil company, Aiteo: Group alerts
September 22, 2021 A coalition of Nigerian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has raised the alarm over an impending blackmail and smear campaign targeted at tarnishing the image of a Nigerian…
Oil theft: Shell in more trouble; court summons seven Executives, risk 10 years jail
An Upper Area Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Gambo Garba on Thursday issued a criminal summons against Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria and seven of its…
Court adjourns Nembe Communities suit against Aiteo indefinitely
A Federal High Court in Yenagoa on Thursday, adjourned indefinitely, a suit by Nembe Communities, hosts to Oil Mining Lease (OML 29) against Aiteo Exploration and Production Limited, indefinitely. Justice…
New Dawn as Sarki Auwalu Stirs Transparency at DPR
Jackson Onyukwu The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, is the statutory regulatory agency for petroleum in Nigeria. Oil is the main foreign exchange earner for the nation. Therefore oil is…
Analysis: Benedict Peters, a true Nigerian export
By Jackson Ugbechie In a season when some Nigerians are being demonised across the world as agents of crime and criminalities, we cannot but raise our glasses to salute the…
Africa has all ingredients for a new era of success
By: NJ Ayuk If you follow news about Africa, it’s easy to find disheartening headlines about the continent’s struggles. But those stories do not paint a complete picture….
Vandals cut Nigeria crude export, revenue: Aiteo cries out
Sustained economic sabotage by vandals on Nigeria’s oil-exporting Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) has led to significant losses in production, operator Aiteo said on Sunday. Nigeria, Africa’s biggest crude oil…
Petroleum Ministry seeks out of court settlement in Aiteo, host communities face-off
A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa had on June 24 declined an application to halt the renewal of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 pending, the determination of a suit…
Despite outages, Nigeria’s crude still in high demand
Angolan crude was in dwindling supply for June because of robust demand while Nigerian grades were heard on Tuesday to be offered at steady, relatively firm levels, reports Reuters. Nigeria…
Nigeria loses revenue as protesters shut down Aiteo oil facility
Oil facilities in Nigeria’s Nembe region have been hit by a shutdown and protests which began on Sunday, operator Aiteo said on Monday, including a major crude pipeline and a…