TENSION AS NIGER DELTA HOST COMMUNITIES THREATEN OIL SHUTDOWN. (PHOTO).
Tension as Niger Delta Host Communities Threaten Oil Shutdown Nigeria’s oil sector faces fresh uncertainty as host communities in Bayelsa State have issued a 14-day ultimatum to NNPC Exploration & Production Limited (NEPL), threatening to shut down operations at Oil Mining Leases (OMLs) 86 and 88 over a dispute regarding security contracts. In a letter dated March 28, 2025, signed by community representatives, including Chief Christopher Tuduo and Dr. Amakiri Ngozi, the communities protested NEPL’s decision to terminate Multiplan Nigeria Limited’s contract and reduce the number of community-owned security vessels from three to two. The affected communities—spanning Brass and Southern Ijaw LGAs—argue that the security contracts, introduced by Chevron in 2007, were meant to safeguard oil infrastructure and maintain peace. They accused NEPL of breaching prior agreements by awarding a security contract to an external firm without consulting them. The KEFFES Host Communities Develo...
The Lagos State Government has expressed its condolences over the death of construction site workers who lost their lives on tuesday as a result of the collapse of a five storey building under construction on Kushenla Road,Ikate Elegushi,Lekki.In a press release issued on wednesday and signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy,Mr Steve Ayorinde,the Lagos State Government also announced that based on preliminary reports and investigation,it was discovered that the collapsed building was served contravention notice for exceeding the approved floors and thereafter sealed by the Lagos State Building Control Agency.It added that it had also been discovered that in a brazen act of defiance and impunity,the owners of the building,Messrs Leekki Worldwide Estatee Limited,the promoters of Lekki Gardens,criminally unsealed the property and continued building beyond the approved floors until the unfortunate incident of tuesday which has led to loss of lives.The statement added that arising from the Lagos State Executive Council meeting decision yesterday wednesday,the State Government will no longer tolerate the action of unscrupulous owners and builders who challenge its supervisory control thereby endangering the lives of Lagosians.The Stat Government has consequently directed the suspension of work at the site and ordered the Lagos State Police Command to cordon it off as it is now a crime scene.The government also directed further integrity tests be carried out on every other construction project which has or is currently being handled by Messrs Lekki Worldwide Estate Limited in the interest of public safety.Furthermore,the release quoted the Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode as saying that all directors of Lekki Worldwide Estate Limited are strongly advised to submit themselves to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police within the next twenty four hours in their own interest or face immediate arrest.The statement also commended the timely response and remarkable intervention by the combined men of thr Lagos State Emergency Authority {LASEMA},the Lagos State Fire Service,Lagos State Ambulance Service {LASAMBUS},Red CrossNational Emergency Agency {NEMA},Lagos State Building Control Agency and the Rapid Response Squad {RRS}.The Lagos State Government also warned that it will no longer be business as usual stating that any developer either on existing or new building projects who fails to comply with building and construction regulations or attempts to subvert the law will henceforth face criminal prosecution.Other sources claimed that more than 30 people died in the building collapseMore photos below. 
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