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Youths from across the Niger Delta area of Nigeria have been trooping into Oporoza, the ancestral headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri West Local Government Area of Delta state and the home of a former militant leader and Commander of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo. It was learnt that Tompolo already met with some ex-agitators and youth leaders in oil-rich communities in Niger Delta for enlistment to safeguard oil pipelines. 

Justice Isa Hamma Dashen had on Friday in a judgement held that Jonathan’s right to vie for the office of president again cannot be stopped by any retroactive law.

ABUJA, Nigeria — On Feb. 3, the Trinity Spirit, a floating production, storage and offloading vessel, caught fire off the coast of Nigeria. Seven of 10 crew members were killed. The government’s National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) initially said no oil was spilled, but has since modified that to say that oil […]

This brings to four the death toll from the explosion that occurred more than two weeks ago.

A vessel with a storage capacity of two million barrels of oil exploded last week, with 10 crew members on board.