Tag: Niger Delta
Militants claim attack on NPDC pipeline in Niger Delta
NPDC pipeline attack late Sunday night ONITSHA, Nigeria, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Militants have blown up a crude oil pipeline operated by Nigeria’s state oil firm NNPC in the Niger Delta, a group claiming responsibility for the attack and a youth leader said on Monday. The Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate group said it carried out […]
Niger Delta Avengers deny NNPC attack on Tuesday
Niger Delta Avengers suspend social network accounts July 6 (Reuters) – Nigerian militant group the Niger Delta Avengers denied responsibility for blowing up the NNPC pipeline in Eleme on Tuesday, adding it was closing all its social network accounts. The group issued a statement on its website on Wednesday saying that a fraudulent social media account […]
Nigerian oil output falls as violence spreads, infrastructure attacked
Nigerian oil workers evacuated from Shell facility By Libby George LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) – A series of attacks on Nigerian oil infrastructure has pushed its output of crude close to a 22-year low, Reuters data shows, putting intense pressure on the country’s finances. Shell workers at Nigeria’s Bonga oilfield in the southern Niger Delta […]
Chevron Niger Delta platform attacked by militants- navy spokesman
Chevron Niger Delta platform near the city of Warri By Tife Owolabi YENAGOA, Nigeria May 5 (Reuters) – Militants attacked a Chevron platform in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region late on Wednesday, the U.S. energy company said on Thursday, amid growing fears of a revived militant campaign in the region. It is the latest in a […]
Nigerians sue Shell in UK court for oil spills contamination
Shell sued by thousands of Nigerian fishermen, farmers LAGOS, Nigeria _ Tens of thousands of Nigerian fishermen and farmers are suing multinational oil giant Shell in two new lawsuits filed Wednesday in a British High Court, alleging that decades of uncleaned oil spills have destroyed their lives. London law firm Leigh Day & Co. is […]
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