Nigerian Navy says it stopped refinery attack by militants THE Nigerian Navy said a loud blast on September 29 near the jetty of the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) and the Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC) resulted from a…
Nigeria - Offshore Helicopter Crashes Killing Four Two Missing A helicopter carrying 10 offshore oil workers has crashed on its return journey, killing at least four. The Bristow operated Sikorsky S-76C+ was returning from a offshore drilling rig, off the…
Twelve people died and three were injured in an explosion on July 9 during repair work on a pipeline in Bayelsa state operated by the local subsidiary of Italian oil company Eni. According to local reports, the victims worked on…
A oil tanker accident yesterday resulted in the death of six people in Zuru local government area of Kebbi State. The accident also resulted in the destruction of six households as well as some vehicles parked close to the house…
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana's president says the death toll from a gas station explosion in the capital and widespread flooding has increased to 150 people. John Dramani Mahama told journalists Thursday evening that the country would observe three days of mourning…
Over 24 hours after an explosion rocked the vandalised Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline at Ije Ododo, Lagos, emergency workers are yet to access the scene of fire. THISDAY gathered that even though the fire is still raging hours…
The toll from a tanker explosion in the southeastern Nigerian city of Onitsha in Anambra state has risen to 85 as of Monday night, authorities said on Tuesday. Peter Katchy, the state vice-chairman of the Nigerian Red Cross Society, told…
Four residents of Odidi community in Delta State, a mother and her three daughters, on Tuesday died due to an oil spill. Reports said they died after an explosion arising from fire outbreak following the oil spillage. At press time,…
Despite Billion Dollar Fines Oil Spills are still happening The Amnesty International rights group has lampooned oil giants Shell and ENI over what it described as "lack of commitment" to tackling incessant oil spills in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. "Royal…
Lagos — Five unidentified persons were yesterday roasted to death when a petrol tanker fell and exploded at the Ikorodu area of Lagos. The accident occurred barely four days after a similar incident at the popular Mile 12 market where…
