Oil sector reform committee to submit report before March

Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Yakubu Lawal, Deputy Energy Editor

THE Minister of State for Energy (Petroleum), Mr. Odein Ajumogobia, said the report of the Oil and Gas Reform Committee will soon be presented to the Federal Government.
The minister, while speaking with journalists after the meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna, Austria, last week, said though the ministers were not part of the committee, but that reports reaching his office indicated that work was in top gear and would be ready on schedule.

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/energy/article01//indexn3_html?pdate=060208&ptitle=Oil%20sector%20reform%20committee%20to%20submit%20report%20before%20March&cpdate=120208

Nigeria risks blacklisting over N'Delta crisisBy

Monday, February 11, 2008
Yakubu Lawal, Bayo Ohu, (Lagos) and Kelvin Ebiri (Port Harcourt)

THE crisis in the Niger Delta may get the country into the black books of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) with very adverse consequences for the country's economy, indications emerged at the weekend.
The body has issued a warning to Nigeria that if the safety of the territorial waters continued to be threatened by the crisis, no foreign vessels will be allowed to come to the country to lift crude oil or gas.

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/news/article03//indexn2_html?pdate=110208&ptitle=Nigeria%20risks%20blacklisting%20over%20N'Delta%20crisis

Ngudjolo Chui makes first appearance at ICC on DR Congo war crimes charges

Caitlin Price at 1:07 PM ET

[JURIST] Former Congolese Nationalist and Integrationist Front leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui [ICC materials] on Monday appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) [press release] at The Hague for the first time. The public hearing allowed judges to verify Ngudjolo Chui's identity and to read his arrest warrant [PDF text] for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ngudjolo Chui's lawyer asked that the case be dismissed, saying that Ngudjolo Chui had already been acquitted of the same charges by a court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [JURIST news archive]. A hearing to confirm the charges is set for May 21.

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/02/ngudjolo-chui-makes-first-appearance-at.php

Anglo Platinum production drops

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Anglo Platinum (AMS), the world’s largest platinum producer, reported a 2.8% drop in its diluted headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the year to end December 2007.
The company’s FY07 diluted HEPS was 52.01 rand compared to 53.52 rand for the full year to end December 2006.


http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=703264