Shell Petroleum Development Company in the Niger Delta region reportedly needs more than $500 million to repair damages to the company�s facilities. According to the oil multinational’s management �uninterrupted theft� of the major components of its facilities in the region … read more
American rapper, Snoop Dogg has confirmed that he will be performing at the first annual ThisDay Music festival to commemorate Nigeria�s Independence anniversary celebrations on October 7 and 8 in Lagos, Nigeria. The rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, … read more
Canoes glide through the black, stinking water as children run along an overhead maze of precarious walkways through Makoko, a growing slum on stilts in Nigeria’s sprawling commercial capital, Lagos. Many of the original residents of Makoko are fishermen attracted … read more
Production targets of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) may no longer be feasible as a two-weeks-old labour dispute at the company has slowed construction of Train 6 of the Bonny LNG plant. THISDAY Checks yesterday revealed that workers building … read more
THE Fed eral Government weekend,gave conditions for the acceptance of the offer by the United States Government to assist in addressing the security challenges in the Niger Delta region,saying such acceptance would exclude the deployment of US marines to the … read more
THE Joint Military Task Force yesterday invaded Okochiri community in Okrika Local Council of Rivers State and arrested some suspected militants loyal to Mr. Tom Ateke, the wanted leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante group. The military offensive, which began … read more
Not less than N946,084, 600.50 was realized by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) within the last seven months. Within the same period, the NCS also seized 172 vehicles, frozen poultry, textile products, vegetable oil and other goods. Total duty paid … read more
NIGERIA has acquired Strategic Intelligence Communication Network and Terrorist Monitoring and Surveillance Equipment. The equipment is to be handled and maintained by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA). The disclosure was made by the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Major General Halidu … read more
THE Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is set to expunge from its register over 300 aircraft it deems unsafe to fly the nation’s airspace. The plan was disclosed to the operators of the identified aircraft, who have been asked to … read more
FORMER Federal Commissioner of Information and National leader of the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality, Chief Edwin Clark, alleged, weekend, that the Joint Military Task Force (JMTF) in the Niger Delta deliberately opened fire on the peace emissaries because they thought Ijaw … read more