Tife Owolabi

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | Tife Owolabi |Isaac Anyaogu

Support our award-winning journalism. The Premium package (digital only) is R30 for the first month and thereafter you pay R129 p/m now ad-free for all subscribers. Fire burns on a pipeline at Mogho, Gokana in Rivers state, Nigeria. File photo: REUTERS Yenagoa — Nigeria’s Trans Niger Pipeline, a major oil artery transporting crude from onshore oilfields to the Bonny export terminal, was shut after a blast that caused a fire, police said on Tuesday.

1 month ago | marketscreener.com | Isaac Anyaogu |Tife Owolabi

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian oil consortium Renaissance Group confirmed on Tuesday a blast on its Trans Niger oil pipeline in the coastal River State and has dispatched a team to investigate, spokesperson Tony Okonedo said. The Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP), which has a capacity of around 450,000 barrels per day, is a major oil artery that transports crude from onshore oilfields to the Bonny export terminal.

Jan 9, 2025 | opinionnigeria.com | Tife Owolabi

In a warm-up to the general election in 2019,Mr Nasir El-Rufai told foreign powers coming to observe the exercise may leave Nigeria in body bags. According to the former  Kaduna state governor, any “foreign powers” who may have been engaged by some politicians to interfere with the Nigerian general elections to jettison the idea because “they would go back in body bags.” while speaking on an NTA Live programme.

Oct 25, 2024 | dispatchlive.co.za | Tife Owolabi

At least three people died when a helicopter crashed in Nigeria on its way to an offshore oil production facility on Thursday, the state-owned oil firm NNPC said. The helicopter, operated by East Winds Aviation, lost contact while flying from Port Harcourt to the Floating Production Storage and Offloading Antan oil production facility, NNPC said. It was carrying eight people, NNPC added, six passengers and two crew members.

Oct 25, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Tife Owolabi

At least three people died when a helicopter crashed in Nigeria on its way to an offshore oil production facility on Thursday, the state-owned oil firm NNPC said. The helicopter, operated by East Winds Aviation, lost contact while flying from Port Harcourt to the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Antan oil production facility, NNPC said in a statement. It was carrying eight people, NNPC added, six passengers and two crew members.