Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru has said the agency will soon begin oil exploration in Nasaraw state. Baru said this when he paid a visit to the governor of the state, Umaru Tanko Almakura, on Thursday. He said the visit was in fulfilment of the presidential mandate to resume... Read More

July 30, 2017

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Osinbajo orders military to rescue kidnapped members of oil exploration team

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday ordered security operatives to immediately locate and rescue all members of the oil exploration team abducted recently by the Boko Haram sect. The order was contained in a statement in Abuja by the Senior Special Assistant to the Acting President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande. He quoted Osinbajo... Read More

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July 28, 2017

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Boko Haram attack: 5 UNIMAID staff killed, 4 missing – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Maiduguri chapter, on Thursday said five members of the institution were killed after Boko Haram fighters attacked oil workers. The insurgents had attacked a team on oil exploration at Jibi village in Borno State. The team comprised members of staff of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, geologists,... Read More

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Northern governors set up committee to expose Boko Haram sponsors | YNaija.com

July 28, 2017

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Attack on oil exploration team is a setback in the fight against Boko Haram – Shettima

Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima has described the attack by Boko Haram insurgents on an oil exploration team as shocking. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy, Mallam Isa Gusau on Thursday, Shettima said the attack was a setback in the fight against the terrorist group. He said, “I haven’t been... Read More

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July 27, 2017

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‘Three UNIMAID lecturers died in attack on oil workers’

An ambush by Boko Haram terrorists on an oil exploration team in Borno on Tuesday has led to the death of more than three lecturers of the University of Maiduguri, Punch reports. The newspaper reports that five staff of the university were part of the exploration team. It was gathered that the lecturers who have been... Read More

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July 26, 2017

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Army rescues kidnapped oil workers in Borno

The Nigerian Army has reportedly rescued all the oil workers kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists at Barno Yasu in Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno. Suspected Boko Haram members had earlier kidnapped 10 officials of a university research team prospecting for oil in the northeast. Brigadier General Usman, however, noted that the Army was unable to... Read More

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July 29, 2016

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Opinion: Is the search for oil in the North-East a fool’s errand?

By Ikenna Okonkwo President Buhari recently ordered (if that is the right word) the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) to intensify its search for hydrocarbons in the Nigerian sector of the Chad basin (North-Eastern Nigeria). The reaction as usual was renewed skepticism over a search that is in its third decade and with each passing year looks more... Read More

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May 27, 2013

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Opinion: Ogonis are the most exploited people on earth

by Saatah Nubari The Ogoni ethnic nationality have contributed approximately 30 billion dollars… All they can boast of is the murder of their son Ken Saro Wiwa by the Abacha regime and the devastation of their rivers and farm lands. Home to the late environmental right activist, Ken Saro Wiwa, with a population of approximately 1,000,000... Read More

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Osinbajo orders military to rescue kidnapped members of oil exploration team

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Attack on oil exploration team is a setback in the fight against Boko Haram – Shettima

‘Three UNIMAID lecturers died in attack on oil workers’

Army rescues kidnapped oil workers in Borno

Opinion: Is the search for oil in the North-East a fool’s errand?

Opinion: Ogonis are the most exploited people on earth

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