Category: Business News

Leakage from an oilfield operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) at Aghoro community in Bayelsa has discharged some 1,114 barrels of crude oil into the environment. The leakage has adversely affected the fishing vocation of residents who had withdrawn from fishing to pave way for clean up. The resulting oil spill impacted and polluted…

Bayelsa communities under the Tarakiri clusters in Ekeremor and Sagbama local government areas of the state are threatening a showdown with the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) over breaches in the agreements reached in the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU). The Guardian has reported. A group from the community known as Voice of the Youths…

Operatives of the Nigerian Navy have arrested 14 men for allegedly smuggling adulterated diesel and ‘black oil’ to unsuspecting consumers in Rivers State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the Executive Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship Pathfinder, Captain Samuel Garba, spoke while parading the 14 suspects before the press in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,…

By Oke Peter The organisers of the African Real Estate and Infrastructure (AREI) summit have announced partnership with a leading remote communicating electronic water control valves and STS prepayment devices manufacturer, Utility Systems. Commenting, the Chief Technical Officer, Utility Systems, Darren Oxlee said: “We are involved in a number of projects in various parts of…

By Damilola Shittu The Acting Public Relations Officer, Nigerian Army Records, Lokoja, Captain Nick Ejeh, has announced the seizure of 45,000 litres of crude oil from suspected vandals. The troops of the command made the seizure during a raid on Irekpene, Kogi State. The crude oil was handed over to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence…

FISHERMEN of the oil-rich Ogoni ethnic nationality, Rivers State, have raised the alarm that oil has taken over their rivers, causing fishes and crabs to run away. The anglers spoke at Ogoni Freedom Centre in Bori, Khana Local Government Area of the state, when Health of Mother Earth Foundation and other Non-Governmental Organisations held a…

By Energy Worth The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), has deployed over 100 companies to carry out scoping exercise in the impacted communities of Ogoni ethnic nationality. Ogoni land, polluted with oil spills This is part of the selection process for companies that will participate in the remediation of the oil polluted communities of Ogoni…

Communities in the oil-producing local government areas of Edo State, comprising Orhionmwon, Ikpoba-Okha and Ovia North-East have praised Governor Godwin Obaseki for providing a new direction for the Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission (EDSOGPADEC), which resulted in the approval of funds for industrialisation and education projects in their communities. The projects…

Energy Worth with Agency Report NO fewer than 170 public transport drivers have benefited from medical consultation and screening organised by Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) as part of the activities marking the 20th anniversary of the gas distribution company. The one-day programme, which held in Ota, headquarters of Ado Odo/Ota Local Government area of Ogun…