Shell Donates Modern Geophysical Equipment Accesseries to OAU
L-R: General Manager, Exploration, Shell Petroleum Development Company ofNigeria (SPDC), Mr. Daniel Agbaire; Occupant of the SPDC Professorial Chairin Geology at OAU, Professor (Mrs.) Mary Olowokere; Acting Vice More...
Ogoni Communities Drag Shell to Court in UK for ‘Decades of Oil Spills’ in Nigeria
LAGOS NOVEMVER 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi, leader of Nigeria’s Ogale people, unpacked four bottles of water from his homeland and lined them up on a table to show why his subjects are suing More...
NNPC, Shell Sign MoUs with Nigerian Banks for $2.2 bn Contractor Financing Aid
Sitting L-R: Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) Chairman, Mazi Bank-Anthony Okoroafor; Representative of the Group General Manager, National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), Supervisor, More...
SNEPCo Donates Modern Test Laboratory to Nigerian Institute of Welding
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) and it co-venturers (ExxonMobil, TOTAL and ENI) have donated facilities including a modern test laboratory to the Nigerian More...
New Militant Group Threatens to Bomb Third Mainland Bridge, Bonga Oil field, Onitsha–Asaba Bridge
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A new militant group, the Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta (ADFND) has vowed to bomb the Bonga Oil Field, Third Mainland Bridge and the Onitsha – Asaba bridge among others More...
Buhari to Visit Niger Delta On Thursday
Buhari LAGOS MAY 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari will this week make his first visit as president to Nigeria’s oil-producing south, which has been riven by an upsurge in violence from militants, More...
Military Raid Tompolo’s Village as N’Delta Avengers Continue with Destruction of Pipeline Installations
Tompolo LAGOS MAY 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The search for members of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) responsible for the upsurge in vandalism of oil and gas installations has gone further awry as members of the Joint Military More...
Lagos First Lady Commends NNPC, SNEPCo Initiative on Music Talent Hunt
Winners of the 14th edition of the NNPC/SNEPCo music competition; L-R: Music Co-ordinator, Murtala Mohammed Airport Secondary School, Mr. Okedeji James; Head, Business Relations, Shell Nigeria Exploration & More...
Suspected Militants Kill Four Naval Ratings, Husband, Wife in Bayelsa
LAGOS MAY 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Six persons, including four Naval ratings attached to an oil servicing company, are feared dead in Bayelsa State following a surprise attack by suspected militants. The incident was More...
SPDC Increases Gas Production in Eastern Niger Delta
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) Joint Venture is producing more gas from Agbada field in the Eastern Niger Delta in support of government’s aspiration More...
Environment Minister Harps on Partnership as Shell, Imani Deliver New Estate in Abuja
L-R: Minister of State for Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Jibrin; Executive Director, Imani & Sons Nigeria Limited, Alhaji Suleiman Abubakar; Minister of Environment, Hajia Amina Mohammed; Director, Shell Nigeria More...
Shell Boosts Subsurface Studies at University of Ibadan
L-R: Exploration Geoscientist, The Shell Petroleum Development Company, Dr. Adelola Adesida; Deputy Registrar, University of Ibadan, Mr Victor Adegoroye; Vice Chancellor, Professor Abel Olayinka; SPDC’s General More...
FG Slams Shell, Chevron, Agip, Others N2trn Lawsuit over Alleged Oil Fraud
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The federal government has reportedly filed lawsuits against multinational oil corporations – Shell, Chevron, Agip and other major oil companies for failing remit N2 trillion More...
New Militant Group, Avengers Emerges Niger Delta, bblows up Crude Oil Terminal
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria’s major trunk line, the Forcados terminal crude oil export pipeline, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, has been blown up by new Niger Delta militants under More...
Shell, Akon Unveil 1st of Its Kind in Africa Solar Powered Football Pitch in Lagos (PHOTOS)
Shell makethefuture Lagos LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Shell and Global Musical Star, Akon on Thursday unveiled first of its kind in Africa solar powered football pitch in Lagos. The pitch is to inspire entrepreneurs More...
Amnesty Int’l Blasts Shell over False Claim of Cleaning Oil Polluted N’Delta
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Multi-national oil company, Shell, lied when it claimed it had cleaned up heavily polluted areas of the Niger Delta, Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human More...
Shell Starts Third Phase of Operation at Nigerian Offshore
Shell starts third phase of operations at deepwater prospect off the coast of Nigeria. Photo courtesy of Royal Dutch Shell LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Royal Dutch Shell said it started operations at the third More...
Rivers Lawmaker Visits Shell, Advocates Review of Bonny Master Plan
the Rivers state House of Assembly member representing Bonny constituency, Hon. Blessing Abinye (Centre) in group pictures with official of Shell during his visit………. By Anderson Hart LAGOS SEPTEMBER More...
Okowa Lures Shell, Others Back to Delta, Gives Assurance of Conducive Business Environment
Okowa LAGOS JULY 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Governor of oil rich Delta state, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has urged the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to re-establish their office in the state due to the numerous More...
Ijaw Youths Threaten Showdown with Shell over Refusal to Display EIA
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide is threatening a showdown with multinational oil giant Shell over alleged refusal by the oil company to publicly display the Environmental Impact More...
Trouble Looms in Bonny Community over Misappropriation of Shell’s N500m
By Anderson Hart LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Mismanagement and misappropriation of about N500m from multinational oil giant shell, and impunity over the running of the oil rich Oloma community funds in Bonny More...
Niger Delta Fishermen Reject Shell’s N8bn Compensation for Oil Spillage
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Bodo community in Rivers State has rejected an offer of up to $51m from Royal Dutch Shell for two oil spills in 2008 depriving the residents of their livelihood. Their British More...
Delta: Group Gives Oil Company Conditions to Explore Oil in Urhobo Communities
LAGOS MAY 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Group under the aegis of Urhobo People’s Right Monitoring Group (UPRMG) has giving Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC) conditions on which it would be allow to continue exploration More...
Delta: Urhobo Communities Protest Alleged Neglect by Oil Company
LAGOS MAY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)—HUNDREDS of women of Eruemukohwarien and Effurun-Otor communities, Ughelli North and South Local Government Areas, Delta State, yesterday, stormed the premises of the Ughelli Pumping More...
Niger-Delta: Shell under Fire, Accused of ‘Manipulating’ Oil Spill Investigations
Oil spill in Ogoni Land LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Oil giant, Shell, has been accused of having manipulated oil spill investigations in Nigeria, a report by two human rights groups says. In a statement sent More...