The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd, SPDC, said, it spent about N9billion on community development projects in the Niger Delta in 2010.

Natural gas is a fossil fuel made primarily of methane, hydrogen and carbon. However, it was not until recently that methods for obtaining this gas, bringing it to the surface, and putting it to use were developed.

That the issue of Nigeria acquiring the Shipping hub status in the West and Central Africa Sub-region has come to the centre- stage in numerous maritime discourse in 2011, is not surprising to watchers of maritime trade in Nigeria.

PUBLIC Service International, PSI, umbrella body for public service workers worldwide, has petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan over the recent deployment of armed Soldiers to Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, facilities nationwide and perceived harassment of labour leaders in the sector.

JOINT Action Front, JAF; the pro-labour civil society partner in the Labour and Civil Society Coalition, LASCO, have begun mobilisation and sensitisation of Nigerians to resist government planned removal of subsidy on fuel and privatisation of the power sector, saying it would destroy Nigeria if allowed to sail through.

As companies in Nigeria have been mandated to adopt the International Financial Reporting Standard, IFRS, Nigerians will be in a position to understanding the workings of oil majors better.

Ahead of the forthcoming Christmas festivity and the envisaged heavy movement of people for the holidays, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has stepped up fuel supply to the Federal Capital Territory Abuja and across the country to meet demands.

LAND speculators in Osubi community in Okpe council area of Delta State have sold large portions of the land granted to the Delta State Government by the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, for the expansion of the Osubi Airstrip.

A London based company, Africonomie Group, has expressed support for the Federal government’s drive to reform the power sector, and called on investors from across the world to take advantage of the unique opportunity offered by Nigeria to invest in sector.

ABUJA – Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has charged governments at Federal and state levels to come up with robust blueprints that would create stable macro-economic environment.