nigeria


Sunday, August 17, 2025
Birds fly off an abandoned wooden boat,seen from the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 in the search and rescue zone off the North African coast, in the western Mediterranean Sea
Incidents

More Than 40 Missing In Nigeria Boat Accident

LAGOS, Aug 17 (Reuters) – More than 40 people were missing in a boat accident in Nigeria after a boat conveying 50 persons

August 17, 2025
Total Views: 1550

Sunday, July 27, 2025
Men toss squash onto the banks of the Niger River in Niamey
Lifesaving Incidents

Thirteen Dead, Dozens Missing In Nigeria Boat Accident

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, July 27 (Reuters) – Thirteen people were confirmed dead with dozens more missing after a boat ferrying around 100

July 27, 2025
Total Views: 1188

Thursday, June 19, 2025
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Defense

Nigerian Navy Seizes 76 Vessels in Two-Year Crackdown on Oil Theft

The Nigerian Navy has arrested 76 vessels and at least 242 suspects in anti-oil theft operations, and destroyed more than 800 illegal refining sites during a

June 19, 2025
Total Views: 2243

Sunday, December 15, 2024
Oil Spill

Oil Spill Occurs At Shell Terminal In Nigeria

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Dec 15 (Reuters) – An oil spill has occurred at the Shell loading terminal in Nigeria’s Delta region after a pipeline

December 15, 2024
Total Views: 2027

Saturday, October 26, 2024
Featured

Africa’s Largest Oil Refinery Ships First Cargo

By Prejula Prem (Bloomberg) Nigeria’s Dangote refinery, larger than any other in Africa or Europe, has shipped its first seaborne gasoline cargo as a vital

October 26, 2024
Total Views: 15551

Sunday, April 28, 2024
Ports

Maersk Commits $600 Million Investment In Nigeria’s Ports

ABUJA, April 28 (Reuters) – Nigeria secured a $600 million investment in seaport infrastructure from Danish shipping company

April 28, 2024
Total Views: 1629

Friday, November 24, 2023
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Shipping

Nigeria Revives Oil Tanker Tax Issue That Drove Up Freight

By Ruth Olurounbi (Bloomberg) — Nigeria again demanded that shipping companies pay outstanding tax bills totaling millions of dollars, reviving a

November 24, 2023
Total Views: 1872

Saturday, October 21, 2023
bonny nigeria lng. photo REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye
Shipping

Nigeria Turns To Tiny Tankers To Replace Big Broken Oil Pipeline

By Bill Lehane (Bloomberg) —Nigeria is turning to a fleet of tiny river-going tankers to boost its oil production because one of its key oil

October 21, 2023
Total Views: 2838

Wednesday, August 16, 2023
The Majestic rig capsized in Nigeria's Niger Delta, August 15, 2023.
Accidents

Shallow Water Rig Capsizes in Niger Delta

Nigerian oil and gas company Seplat Energy has confirmed on person has died and three others are missing after the shallow water drilling rig Majestic capsized

August 16, 2023
Total Views: 4388

Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Four Nigerians, Rescued in Brazil, Survived 14 Days on a Ship’s Rudder
News

Four Nigerians, Rescued in Brazil, Survived 14 Days on a Ship’s Rudder

SAO PAULO, Aug 1 (Reuters) – On their tenth day at sea, the four Nigerian stowaways crossing the Atlantic in a tiny space above the rudder of a

August 1, 2023
Total Views: 3362

Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Stowaways Rescued After 13 Days On Ship’s Rudder
Shipping

Stowaways Rescued After 13 Days On Ship’s Rudder

Four stowaways have been found alive in the rudder trunk of a Liberian-flagged ship after a 5,000 nautical mile voyage from Nigeria to Brazil. The stowaways

July 12, 2023
Total Views: 74472

Monday, July 10, 2023
Nigeria to Destroy Tanker Caught Smuggling Crude Oil
Shipping

Nigeria to Destroy Tanker Caught Smuggling Crude Oil

LAGOS, July 10 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s state-owned oil firm NNPC Ltd said on Monday an 800,000-liter (211,338-U.S. gallon) vessel carrying stolen

July 10, 2023
Total Views: 4969

Friday, June 16, 2023
Laden crude oil tanker approaches the port of Qingdao, China in the morning fog. Photo credit: Shutterstock/Igor Grochev
Shipping

Tanker Rates from Nigeria Soar as Owners Steer Clear

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — The cost of shipping oil from Nigeria surged the most in more than a year at the end of a week in which some owners

June 16, 2023
Total Views: 2904

Wednesday, May 10, 2023
shell nigeria oil spill satellite image
Environment

Shell Wins UK Supreme Court Case on 2011 Oil Spill Off Nigerian Coast

By Estelle Shirbon LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) – The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that it was too late for Nigerian claimants to sue two

May 10, 2023
Total Views: 1226

Saturday, March 25, 2023
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Offshore

Nigeria’s Unsold Crude Glut: What’s Behind It?

By Bill Lehane (Bloomberg) Nigeria is struggling to find buyers for its oil as strikes in the French refining sector and seasonal maintenance at plants

March 25, 2023
Total Views: 4591

Tuesday, January 24, 2023
A view shows the newly-commissioned Lekki Deep Sea Port in Lagos. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
Ports

‘Game Changer’: Nigeria Opens New Deep Sea Port in Lagos

By Seun Sanni LAGOS, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Nigeria opened a billion-dollar Chinese-built deep seaport in Lagos on Monday, which is

January 24, 2023
Total Views: 2209

Sunday, January 22, 2023
Port of Lekki, Nigeria
Photo

Nigeria’s New Port Doubles Cargo Capacity

by Ayodeji Olukoju (University of Lagos) Three-quarters of the world is covered by water and up to 90% of world trade is seaborne. Seaports and shipping are

January 22, 2023
Total Views: 3497

Sunday, October 30, 2022
USAN FPSO Nigeria total
Offshore

Nigeria to Open Bidding for Deep Offshore Oil Blocks

By William Clowes (Bloomberg) –Nigeria plans to auction deep offshore oil and gas licenses for the first time in 15 years, according to a senior

October 30, 2022
Total Views: 3758

Saturday, September 24, 2022
Nigeria Pins Hopes On Deep Sea Port To End Cargo Congestion
Ports

Nigeria Pins Hopes On Deep Sea Port To End Cargo Congestion

(Bloomberg) –Nigeria is betting a deep sea port set to open early next year will help revive an economy grappling with soaring inflation, stagnating

September 24, 2022
Total Views: 3864

Saturday, February 26, 2022
bonga fpso shell oil production
Oil Spill

Shell Faces U.K. Showdown Over Delayed Impact From Cataclysmic Bonga Oil Spill

By Katharine Gemmell, Feb 26, 2022(Bloomberg) –A group of Nigerians want a trial against Royal Dutch Shell Plc in the U.K. for what they allege was a

February 26, 2022
Total Views: 2382