The federal government has instituted civil actions against multinational oil corporations- Shell, Chevron, Agip and other major oil companies- in a bid to recover over N2 trillion, believed to be proceeds of unremitted crude oil revenue. The scourge of crude oil theft has plagued the nation since the era of its oil boom, leading to... Read More

Agip, Chevron, corruption, Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total

February 22, 2016

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THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: ‘Ben Bruce is a gift to Bayelsa’ | Shekau impostor arrested | Wike says DSS to arrest PDP leaders | More stories

Civilian JTF arrest suspected Shekau impostor. Vanguard EFCC to begin probe of $2 billion Malabu oil deal. Nation David Mark returns to senate. This Day Dickson praises Ben Bruce, says he’s a gift to Bayelsa. Leadership Ex-Jonathan aide criticises defection of PDP chieftains to APC. This Day Wike says there’s a plot by DSS, army... Read More

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Bayelsa, PDP, Rivers State, Shell, tracklist, wike

February 19, 2015

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Shell partners GE to sign on healthcare projects in Oloibiri, Bayelsa

by Akan Ido Thanks to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) which has just signed an MOU with General Electric (GE) for a comprehensive healthcare project to be situated in Ogbia local government area, Oloibiri and neighbouring communities where crude oil was first discovered in Nigeria would soon have a fully equipped general hospital. Other facilities... Read More

Bayelsa, General Electric, Lazarus Angbazo, Mutiu Sunmonu, nigeria, Ogbia, Oloibiri, Shell, SPDC

January 9, 2015

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“If you vote for PDP, Ogoni Kingdom will die” – Amaechi won’t be silenced

by Azubuike Azikiwe Governor Rotimi Amaechi says Ogoniland will be no more, if the region votes for the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party in the general election. On Thursday, January 8, the four local government areas of Ogoni ethnic nationality in Rivers State collectively pledged their support in next month’s presidential election to the All Progressives... Read More

Bodo, Muhammadu Buhari, Ogoniland, President Goodluck Jonathan, Rotimi Amaechi, Shell, UNEP

November 20, 2014

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Pres. Jonathan, Dangote, others to meet key investment advisers in the UK

by Laila Ibrahim President Goodluck Jonathan will be in London, UK on Thursday evening to preside over a meeting of Nigeria’s Honorary International Investment Council (HIIC) which opens the next day. The HIIC which was established in 2004 advises the Federal Government on matters pertaining to Nigeria’s economic development, making the Nigerian economy more competitive globally... Read More

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Andy Brown, Diezani Alison Madueke, Goodluck Jonathan, Guillame Roux of Larfarge, HIIC, jim ovia, London, ngozi okonjo iweala, nigeria, Shell, Total, uk, Umaru Mutallab, Yves Louis Darricarrere

October 14, 2014

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@MrAyedee: @AsiwajuTinubu and wife were drug Lords in the USA

by Aye Dee While the world was protesting against Shell Oil and the Abacha Administration for the pollution of the Niger Delta and the hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa, Bola Tinubu secretly owned and operated a Shell Oil Station in Washington DC. This is despite the fact that he was a part of NADECO and was... Read More

@mrayedee, Aye Dee, bola tinubu, Drugs, NADECO, opinion, Shell, USA, ynaija

September 8, 2014

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Battle ready: Delta women protest against NPDC camouflage-style (PHOTOS)

by Akan Ido Women from Orogun Oil and Gas Communities in Ethiope East Local Government Area, Delta State recently trooped out to register their displeasure over what it referred to as marginalization by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC). The protesters, who last month shut down the Erhoike Flow Station to register their opposition to the... Read More

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Delta, Erhoike Flow Station, Nigereia, NPDC, Oil and Gas, protest, Shell

August 27, 2014

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Shell cashes out, sells four major oil fields to Nigerian firms

by Kolapo Olapoju On Wednesday, 27 August, oil and gas company, Royal Dutch Shell announced that it has sold four oil fields it owns in Nigeria, as part of its global assets sale, in a bid to cut costs. A shell spokesman said, “We have signed sales & purchase agreements for some of the Oil Mining... Read More

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Chevron, Eni, Financial Times, Nembe Creek, Niger Delta, nigeria, Oil Mining Licence, Royal Dutch Shell, Shell, Total, Trunk Line

May 20, 2014

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Caverton becomes first oil services company to list on NSE

by Isi Esene Caverton, a leading provider of marine, aviation and logistics services to local and international oil and gas companies in Nigeria, makes history as the first offshore support company to list on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), a move seen as a major plus for the Federal Government policy of encouraging local capacity... Read More

Addax Petroleum, Aderemi Makanjuola, caverton, Caverton Helicopters, Caverton Marine Limited, Caverton Offshore Support Group, Chevron, ExxonMobil, listing, Nigerian Stock Exchange, Nse, Shell, Total

April 6, 2014

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Tunde Fagbenle: Oil companies, exploitation and unemployment

by Tunde Fagbenle Okoigun is able to commend the present government of President Jonathan for enacting “the Nigerian Oil and Gas Content Development Law in 2010,” and apparently actively pursuing its observance, saying that the big players like Shell, Total, etc are beginning to yield attitude and embrace the law “instead of looking for loopholes... Read More

Oil and Gas, opinion, rilwan lukman, Shell, tunde fagbenle, ynaija

March 31, 2014

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Opinion: Stop the unnecessary attacks on Alison-Madueke, enough is enough!

by Safiya Bello No matter the campaign of calumny against her, no one can say that Alison-Madueke is incompetent. It seems that women are held up to different standards in this country. A woman in any position of power is judged not just by her competence or her contributions but by some other less palatable... Read More

Allison-Madueke, be, corruption, mens world, minister of petorleum, opinion, safiya bello, Shell, ynaija

January 8, 2014

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Hundreds of half naked women protest against Shell in Bayelsa

by ‘Jola Sotubo The general discontent with oil companies in the Niger Delta took a dramatic turn yesterday as hundreds of half naked Bayelsan women were said to have taken to the streets in protest. The women, residents of Peremabiri community in the state, embarked on the demonstration to register their grievances against multinational oil... Read More

agreement, Bayelsa, demonstration, half naked women, MoU, oil company, Peramibiri community, protest, Shell

September 27, 2013

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Nuhu Ribadu: The missing link between leadership and national development

by Nuhu Ribadu This is not to give in to pessimism, I strongly disagree with those writing off Nigeria as a failed country. Agreed, we could do a lot better based on what we have in terms of natural resources and demographic advantages. Nigeria stands on a foundation built by our founding fathers who in... Read More

corruption, development, economy, good leadership, lecture, nigeria, nuhu ribadu, portharcourt, Shell

September 13, 2013

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Alkasim Abdulkadir: Shell Oil, wastelands and the long road to justice (Y! FrontPage)

by Alkasim Abdulkadir For a known fact the control and maintenance of oilfield infrastructure in Ogoniland has been and remains inadequate: the Shell Petroleum Development Company’s own procedures have not been applied, creating public health and safety issues. As you read this lawyers and arbitrators on both sides of Shell PLC and the lawyers representing 15,000... Read More

Alkasim Abdulkadir, Justice, long road, Shell, Wastelands, Y! Frontpage

September 10, 2013

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Opinion: Oil spills in the Niger Delta – The position of the law

by Egoyibo Okoro The repercussions of these unchecked oil spills are catastrophic. Arable land is left infertile, aquatic life destroyed, host communities livelihoods snatched away and their lives rendered at risk, health wise. Historically, oil existed as far back as 2,000 years BC. Noah in building his ark, used tar (a product of petroleum) to make... Read More

British Petroleum Company, Delta, Egoyibo Okoro, Food, government, law, livelihood, Niger Delta, Oil, Rivers, Shell, Shell Petroleum Company, spill, UNEP, villages

July 15, 2013

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Cheta Nwanze: We are not our brothers’ keepers, Nigerians (Y! FrontPage)

by Cheta Nwanze In August 2011 when it was announced that cleaning up Ogoniland in the Niger Delta region would cost at least $1 billion, and would take up to a generation, only two of Nigeria’s online media outlets considered the story worthy of being their lead as soon as the report was released.... Read More

Afenifere, Al-Mustapha, Cheta Nwanze, Niger Delta, Nigerian, obama, ogoni land, Shell, Y! Frontpage, YNaija Frontpage

June 4, 2013

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The woman working to clean up Nigeria’s dirty oil, The Independent profiles Diezani Alison-Madueke

by Nick Kochan Mrs Alison-Madueke, the daughter of a tribal chief, is seen as Africa’s oil tsar. Well-resourced gangs are diverting some 10 per cent of Nigeria’s oil production and channelling the money into kidnapping, piracy and terrorism. The result is not only funds lost to the country’s exchequer but also devastating damage to the environment... Read More

BP, community, Diezani Alison Madueke, independent, kidnap, Minister, nigeria, Oil, Pollution, Shell

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

Federal Government, fight for justice, Ken Saro-Wiwa, most exploited people on earth, Ogoni, oil exploration, opinion, Shell

May 4, 2013

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Trouble ahead: NIMASA-NLNG dispute puts Nigeria’s gas export in danger

by Ogunyemi Bukola A major trade dispute on Friday ensued between the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Company which has led to the maritime agency blocking access to the nation’s major loading terminals for gas export, the Bonny terminals. NIMASA took this action about noon on... Read More

Bonny, Goodluck Jonathan, NIMASA, nlng, Shell, SPDC

February 5, 2013

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Opinion: Shell: Our perpetual scapegoat

by Chimeka Garricks For years, Big Oil has alleged that the bulk of spills are caused by sabotage (for example, according to a Reuters article, Shell admits that 198 spills occurred last year, of which 37 were caused by operational failure and 161 by sabotage). But, perhaps because of our default-mode distrust of corporations,... Read More

Niger Delta, nigeria, Oil spill, pipeline vandalisation, Pollution, scapegoat, Shell, SPDC

January 30, 2013

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Niger Delta fish farmers win Round One against Shell in Dutch court [DETAILS]

by Chidi Okoye Oil giant, Shell, has lost its bid to stop the hearing of a case filed against it by four Nigerian fish farmers in a Dutch court. The decision of the court to rule in the landmark civil action instituted by the Nigerian farmers from Delta State was announced on Wednesday. The farmers are suing Shell... Read More

Dutch Court, Fish farmers, Hague, Round One, Shell

January 14, 2013

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Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: Another murky oil deal

by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu Given its strategic importance, it is rather curious that NNPC and the ministry, which held on tenaciously to the terms of the JOA when Conoil wanted to acquire OML 30, approved the sale of the same block to Heritage Oil owned by a Briton with a questionable past. Shell Nigeria is... Read More

Diezani Allison-Madueke, Kola Karim, OML 30, Shell, Shoreline energy, Tony Buckingham

October 30, 2012

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Big for nothing industries (YNaija FrontPage)

For every TuFace Idibia earning millions on a single show, there is a OneFace grinding away on his terrible music, you are probably glad you will never hear of. Last week, we talked at length about Nigeria’s youth unemployment problem and how it has fueled a national security crisis. It turns out that around the... Read More

Audu Maikori, Ice Prince, Music, Shell, Tuface

October 24, 2012

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Japheth Omojuwa: The US, Nigeria’s oil and signs of the last days (YNaija Frontpage)

It is good news for the world, it is a disaster for oil dependent mono-economies. A country cannot be more dependent on one source of income like Nigeria is on oil. One Newspaper headline had it like this yesterday ‘Anxiety as Nigeria’s crude oil export to U.S. slumps.’ This is not what those in... Read More

China, economy, Germany, nigeria, Oil, Petroleum, Shell, Vitol

September 28, 2012

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“PIB is considerate, refreshing and competitive” – Petroleum minister responds to Shell’s claims

by Stanley Azuakola On Thursday, in the United States of America, at a forum themed – Nigeria-Africa’s Frontier in the Global Economy, the Nigerian government gave what qualifies as its first rebuttal of claims by International Oil Companies (IOCs) that the new Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) does not give them a fair shake. At the roundtable,... Read More

Diezani Allison-Madueke, Mutiu Sunmon, petroleum industry bill, PIB, Shell

September 25, 2012

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Wow! Oil companies owe Nigeria N1.57 trillion, greater than our capital budget

by Stanley Azuakola On Friday, the Country Chair of Shell in Nigeria, Mutiu Sunmonu expressed his dissatisfaction with the current Petroleum Industry Bill before the National Assembly. But before he goes about lamenting the bill, we wonder what his opinion is about revelations from the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), which audits the oil... Read More

Addax and ConocoPhilips, Chevron, Conoil, Eni, ExxonMobil, Mutiu Sunmonu, NEITI, nnpc, Ogbonnaya Orji, Shell, Total

September 24, 2012

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“Unthinkable”: Shell goes on the offensive, rubbishes Petroleum Industry Bill

by Stanley Azuakola Mutiu Sunmonu, the Country Chair of Shell Companies in Nigeria, has been very silent on what the company thinks about the Petroleum Industry Bill, even though lobbying efforts by the company have always gone on behind the scenes until now. Sunmonu finally broke his silence however on Friday and this is what... Read More

Country Chair, Joint Venture, Mutiu Sunmonu, petroleum industry bill, PIB, Shell

May 28, 2012

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N155 billion oil bloc saga: Five questions still unanswered

by Stanley Azuakola By now, most Nigerians have heard about the latest scandal brewing in the oil sector. At the centre of the controversy is the juicy Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245. The major actors involved are the Federal Government of Nigeria, Malabu Oil (owned by former Petroleum Minister, Dan Etete), as well as multinationals Shell... Read More

dan etete, malabu oil, Mohammed Bello Adoke, Shell

YNaija Exclusive: FG files lawsuit against Chevron, Agip, Shell over $12bn missing oil revenue

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: ‘Ben Bruce is a gift to Bayelsa’ | Shekau impostor arrested | Wike says DSS to arrest PDP leaders | More stories

Shell partners GE to sign on healthcare projects in Oloibiri, Bayelsa

“If you vote for PDP, Ogoni Kingdom will die” – Amaechi won’t be silenced

Pres. Jonathan, Dangote, others to meet key investment advisers in the UK

@MrAyedee: @AsiwajuTinubu and wife were drug Lords in the USA

Battle ready: Delta women protest against NPDC camouflage-style (PHOTOS)

Shell cashes out, sells four major oil fields to Nigerian firms

Caverton becomes first oil services company to list on NSE

Tunde Fagbenle: Oil companies, exploitation and unemployment

Opinion: Stop the unnecessary attacks on Alison-Madueke, enough is enough!

“Shame on you guys!”: Expatriate resigns in protest over company’s maltreatment of Nigerian workers

Hundreds of half naked women protest against Shell in Bayelsa

LEAP Africa launches its Social Innovators Programme and awards in Lagos

Nuhu Ribadu: The missing link between leadership and national development

Alkasim Abdulkadir: Shell Oil, wastelands and the long road to justice (Y! FrontPage)

Opinion: Oil spills in the Niger Delta – The position of the law

Cheta Nwanze: We are not our brothers’ keepers, Nigerians (Y! FrontPage)

The woman working to clean up Nigeria’s dirty oil, The Independent profiles Diezani Alison-Madueke

Opinion: Ogonis are the most exploited people on earth

Trouble ahead: NIMASA-NLNG dispute puts Nigeria’s gas export in danger

Opinion: Shell: Our perpetual scapegoat

Niger Delta fish farmers win Round One against Shell in Dutch court [DETAILS]

Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: Another murky oil deal

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Big for nothing industries (YNaija FrontPage)

Japheth Omojuwa: The US, Nigeria’s oil and signs of the last days (YNaija Frontpage)

“PIB is considerate, refreshing and competitive” – Petroleum minister responds to Shell’s claims

Wow! Oil companies owe Nigeria N1.57 trillion, greater than our capital budget

“Unthinkable”: Shell goes on the offensive, rubbishes Petroleum Industry Bill

N155 billion oil bloc saga: Five questions still unanswered

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