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Lagos — There are strong indications that Nigeria, the sixth biggest oil producer in the world and Africa's biggest oil producer, can no longer meet the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) production quota.
Lagos — NIGERIA's daily crude oil output yesterday suffered yet further cuts as militant attack on major trunk-lines by militants in the Niger Delta forced operating companies to shut in some 130, 000 barrels of crude oil per day.
Vanguard (Lagos)THE Ijaw Youth Leadership Forum (IYLF) has set up a five-man committee to probe the claim and counter-claim by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) over the payment of $12 million as protection fee to a militant group or otherwise, during the repairs, last year, of the Chanomi Creek crude oil pipeline, which was blown up by militants in 2006.
Daily Trust (Abuja)Barack Obama has had a powerful, some would say magnetic, influence upon communities, even those which are located very far from the USA. How has the Obama phenomenon impacted upon the Nigerian society?
"Obama the Lord is your strength, we believe in change." The Disk Jockey waxed his CD plate and the powerful speakers by his side emitted those lyrics into the airwaves. It was the same sentence repeated over and over again, but with each word the energy increased. Youths raised their fists in the air as though they were charged by an unseen force and their bodies vibrated in conviction.
Daily Champion (Lagos)Port Harcourt - The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), claimed on yesterday that "heavily armed fighters" have attacked two pipelines belonging to the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Kula, Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Leadership (Abuja)Militants in Niger Delta continued their attack on oil facilities yesterday when they blew up two major oil pipelines belonging to Royal Dutch Shell, forcing the firm to halt some production, which helped push world oil prices higher.
THE Nigerian Army ruled out, yesterday, the use of force by it in dealing with the militancy in the Niger Delta, on a day militants bombed two Shell Petroleum oil pipeline in Rivers State.
The Chief of Operations of the Army, Major-General Sani Saleh, said in Kontagora, Niger State that what the current situation in the Niger Delta required were all elements of national power which he listed as diplomacy, military and economy to resolve.
Lagos — Nigeria's crude oil production which currently hovers between 1.8 million and 2 million barrel per day has dropped further, as Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) yesterday shut in production of 130,000 barrels per day owing to an attack on its Nembe Creek trunk line.
THE Ijaw Youth Leadership Forum (IYLF) has set up a five-man committee to probe the claim and counter-claim by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) over the payment of $12 million as protection fee to a militant group or otherwise, during the repairs, last year, of the Chanomi Creek crude oil pipeline, which was blown up by militants in 2006.
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Barack Obama has had a powerful, some would say magnetic, influence upon communities, even those which are located very far from the USA. How has the Obama phenomenon impacted upon the Nigerian society?