COMMANDER of the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta, also known as "Operation Restore Hope", Effurun Barracks in Delta State, Brigadier-General Nanven Wuyep Rimtip, was troubled some months ago that crude oil thieves were still finding a way to

The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) has rewarded its customers who paid their bills when they were due in Plateau State.

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, at the weekend, visited one of the most dreaded mlitant camps in the state to have a first hand experience of the living condition of the oil rich communities in the state,while promising to

The ad-hoc committee set up by the House of Representatives to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the oil industry from 1999 - 2008 has recommended that the Federal Government officials, who were involved in the anomalies in the award of

Sitting there, in light-white agbada and white cap facing members of the House Committee of Petroleum Resources, was Dr. Rilwanu Lukman.

The Cosmetics Manufacture and Ethics Association of Nigeria (COSMEAN), has warned that the cosmetics industry faces the risk of collapse, if regular power supply is not guaranteed in the country by the government.

The National Institute of Petroleum (INP) in central Kwanza-Sul province may go through a deep process of reorganisation, in view of the new challenges in the sector, Angop learned.

BORN January 9, 1959 at Ezebri in Bomadi LocalGovernment Area of Delta State, P. Z, as foremost Ijaw activist, philanthropist, orator and acting Executive Director, Finance & Administration of NDDC, Elder P.Z. Aginighan is fondly called by admirers clocked the

Nsukka Local Government Area in Enugu State has acquired 30 transformers as part of its rural electrification project targeted at giving light to all communities that have no electricity in the council.

Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said that the collective effort of everyone, particularly the local media, was needed to check kidnapping and illegal bunkering in the Niger-Delta Region. Dr. Uduaghan who disclosed this during a live interview at

Worried over the possible adverse effects of construction of Dam, Jigawa House of Assembly has moved to halt the Federal Government from constructing a befitting dam at Kafin Zaki in Bauchi State.

Projected revenue in Nigeria this year is at risk as the global demand for oil, which fetches 90 per cent of its income, continues to slump.

OANDO Plc has made a major upstream break with its announcement over the weekend of a complete acquisition of 15% stake in Agip's deepwater oil blocks for a whopping US$197 million.

PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar'Adua,on assumption of office, had promised to tackle the seeming intractable problem of Niger Delta. He actually made it a campaign promise and, in fact, adopted it as one of his administration's seven-point agenda.

Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Friday said oil workers in the country are geared for a showdown with the Federal Government over the suspension of international management training programmes and reduction of international travel

The revelation that, in the 2009 budget, more than N2 billion has been set aside for the fuelling and maintenance of generators in some key federal government offices is a huge scandal. What does that suggest? All the talk about

REPAIR works have commenced on the oil pipeline, belonging to the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) delivery pipeline, which was blown up with dynamites, January 2, by pipeline vandals at Okuntu community, between Ogulagha and Odimodi communities in Burutu Local

The fuel scarcity which hit parts of Imo State since December last year has worsened as several filling stations visited by Vanguard at the weekend claimed they had run out of supply.

Zenon Oil and Gas Limited has announced its withdrawal from its proposed merger with African Petroleum (AP) Plc. The oil company announced the withdrawal at a meeting with the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market held on December 17,

The fuel situation in Uganda has been alarming in the past few weeks.