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Nigeria: Govt Tries to Head Off Oil Workers' Strike
This Day, 9 February 2009
Oil workers will not make good their threat to halt oil exports today if government fails to stop the increasing wave of kidnappings in the Niger Delta. Read more »
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Nigeria: Ex-Petroleum Minister's Wife Kidnapped
This Day, 5 February 2009
Kidnappings seem to be on the upswing again in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, as gunmen on Tuesday night kidnapped Gladys, the wife of former Petroleum Minister and Amayanabo… Read more »
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Nigeria: Gunmen Attack Addax Oil Facility in Eket
This Day, 6 February 2009
Unidentified gunmen yesterday attacked an oil service vessel in a deep sea oilfield operated by Addax Petroleum in Eket, Akwa Ibom. Read more »
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Nigeria: Pengassan Urges Oil Workers to Shelve Strike
Independent (Lagos), 9 February 2009
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has called on oil workers to wait for further directives before embarking on the proposed strike for… Read more »
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Nigeria: Oil Workers Threaten Strike Over Insecurity in Niger Delta
Leadership, 4 February 2009
The federal government is once again faced with a major problem in the volatile Niger Delta region as the nation's senior oil workers other wise known as Petroleum and Natural Gas… Read more »