I am keeping this report vague at the moment to respect the wishes of those involved – however – I do feel it significant enough that you should all be made aware of this incident… Two expatriates were travelling in … read more
INDICATIONS have emerged that Dockworkers plan to shut down port operations nationwide before Christmas over delay by Terminal operators to review their conditions of service six months after the subsisting one elapsed. The Dockworkers, investigation revealed, are aggrieved by the … read more
Nigeria’s military said Sunday it had taken control of eight camps belonging to a notorious militant leader in southern Rivers State in the latest clampdown on unrest in the oil-rich Niger Delta. “The Joint Task Force has taken over eight … read more
The United States (U.S.) and Nigeria are collaborating to safeguard the Gulf of Guinea region, especially the capacity building of Nigerian Navy to address the many threats emanating in the Gulf, the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Terence McCulley, said on … read more
A new episode in the saga of underhand dealings between senior Nigerian officials and Pfizer over the battle to get justice for children in Kano who suffered physical and mental impairment when the pharmaceutical company administered a trial drug on … read more
Investigations into the theft of the Direct Data Capture (DDC) machines meant for the forthcoming voter registration exercise have exposed the poor security procedures at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. THISDAY discovered that anybody, including possible terrorists, could … read more
Royal Dutch Shell said last year if Nigeria’s oil reforms went ahead as planned the company could lose 80 percent of its offshore oilfield acreage, according to U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks. The long-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which … read more
Pfizer has dismissed as “preposterous” claims that it ran a “dirty tricks” operation to scuttle a Nigerian federal lawsuit, as the US pharmaceutical group struggles to compensate people affected by a clinical trial it ran in 1996. A cable from … read more
The Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Ima Niboro has described the current news rocking the world from the whistle-blowing website, WikiLeaks as the new travesty that international diplomacy has to deal with, with Nigeria being no exception. … read more
Drugmaker Pfizer hired investigators to find evidence of corruption against the Nigerian attorney general to convince him to drop legal action against the company over a drug trial involving children, the Guardian newspaper reported, citing U.S. diplomatic cables made public … read more