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- 21 Aug 2016
SPDC Implements 2nd LiveWIRE Programme for Ogoni Youths
Youths in Ogoni land are being offered another chance to start their own businesses in the second LiveWIRE programme to be implemented by The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC)…
- 16 Dec 2020
Ogoni Communities Pray to Jail CBN Governor over N182bn Judgment Debt
Ogoni communities in Rivers have instituted a contempt proceeding against Mr Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Mr Godwin Emefiele,…
- 13 Aug 2018
Ogoni Chiefs Approach Court to Wind up Bank over N17Bn Judgement Debt
Five chiefs of Ejama-Ebubu community in Eleme Local Government Area, Rivers State have filed a fresh application at the Federal High Court in Lagos, asking the court to wind up First Bank Plc. …
- 14 Feb 2019
How Shell Killed My Husband, Widow Tells Court in The Hague
Esther Kiobel, one of the widows of the nine environmental activists that were hanged by the Nigerian Military government in 1995, has given testimony in the court case she filed against Shell, an…
- 8 Nov 2017
FG to Launch first African Sovereign Green Bond
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Federal Government will launch the first African Sovereign Green Bond in December 2017, to finance renewable energy projects. Buhari said this in Abuja…
- 15 Jul 2026
NITDA, FUET Partner to Boost Digital Infrastructure, Innovation and Skills Development
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening Nigeria's higher education sector through strategic investments in digital infrastructure,…
- 31 Oct 2013
Niger Delta Militancy, Others Hobble Shell’s Global Profit
Continued militancy in the Niger Delta, Nigeria’s oil and gas belt despite a government programme to retool restive youths has helped driven down Royal Dutch Shell’s global profit margin for 2013 by…
- 12 Jan 2015
Presidency, PDP Panic over Buhari’s Massive Crowd in S/South
The massive turnout of Nigerians at the campaign grounds of Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the south, ahead of the February 14 presidential…
- 25 Jan 2018
Elumelu Seeks More Multilateral Organisations’ Support for Entrepreneurship in Africa
Mr. Tony Elumelu, chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, and founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), has stressed the need for global organisations and multinational institutions to support the…
- 29 May 2018
Future World Film Brings Challenges of Niger Delta to Fore
Senate President, Olusola Saraki at the weekend assured Nigerians that the long awaited PIB law will be ready before the end of this legislative season. While giving the status of the bill which has…
- 7 Jun 2018
Court Convicts First Bank Chairman, MD over N122Bn Judgment Debt
A Federal High Court in Lagos Wednesday convicted Ibukun Awosika, chairman of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, and Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, managing director, as well as the bank for contempt. They were…
- 21 Jun 2013
Nigeria Loses N2.4Bn Daily to Shut Oil Pipeline
Nigeria may face severe financial difficulties in the months ahead as crude oil production has dropped further by 150,000 barrels per day due to the shut of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) following…
- 18 Apr 2013
HRF Accuses US of Undermining Human Rights in Court’s Ruling
Human Rights First (HRF) has claimed that the US Supreme Court gutted the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), a law that has been on the books for more than 200 years and for the last 30 years has been a…
- 20 Feb 2013
Nigeria Seeks Global Efforts to Curb Oil Thieves
President Goodluck Jonathan had last week, Nigeria’s lambasted Western countries whom he accused of buying ‘blood-oil’ stolen from the country’s massive network of crude-oil pipes in the Niger Delta…
- 14 Mar 2013
You Must Pay Odi People N38Bn, Court Tells FG
The Justice Lambo Akanbi-led Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state has rejected the stay of execution sought by the Federal Government over her February ruling ordering the…