The heated debates for and against the removal of the fuel subsidy has prompted the federal government to establish an advisory panel to look into the issue. Read more »
As the battle line appears drawn between advocates of the withdrawal of fuel subsidy and those opposed to it, the World Bank Vice President for African Region, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, ... Read more »
The Senate expressed dissatisfaction over the recommendation by the United Nations that the sum of $1 billion be devoted to the clean-up of Ogoniland in Rivers State. Read more »
The Federal Government has denied reports that it is planning a refinery project with the government of Indonesia. Read more »
The planned subsidy removal by the federal government next year has sparked mixed reactions from labour, organised private sector and the Central Bank of Nigeria. Read more »
An NGO has accused Royal Dutch Shell, the parent company of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, of fuelling human rights abuses by paying huge contracts to armed ... Read more »
The partition of Sudan has created both opportunities and obstacles. Against a backdrop of regional and ethnic tensions, reports of human rights abuses continue to surface from ... Read more »
As many foreign firms sign on to explore crude oil along the shores of the country, the head of the National Oil Company of Liberia has cautioned citizens to lower expectations, ... Read more »
The recommendations of the United Nations Environment Programme's study on oil pollution in Ogoniland point to the need for a genuine shift in the priorities and practices of the ... Read more »
Royal Dutch Shell faces having to pay compensation of potentially more than N62.5 billion (£250 million or $410 million) after it admitted liability for the two spills in ... Read more »
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