Airfrance says it will commence daily flight schedule from Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa in April. The District Manager, Eastern Nigeria, Mr Yann Gibert, who disclosed this to our aviation correspondent said the company would commence operations using jumbo aircraft … read more
Port activities in Lagos State are at a standstill! Freight forwarders are protesting high demurrage and port charges by the concessionaires and shipping lines operating in the country. The protest is in response to the 72-hour ultimatum given to the … read more
The Minister of Labour and Productivity has said that the Federal Government is preparing to receive the expected influx of Nigerians in the Diaspora, who may return home over the global economic crisis. He said that Nigerians in the Diaspora … read more
The Muslim community in Kaduna has criticisd the continued scarcity of firewood saying it is causing delay in the burying of corpses. Firewood is used to cover graves the dead people have been buried. A Chief Imam in Kaduna said … read more
The U.N. Human Rights Council reviews Nigeria’s human rights record Monday, an assessment that is conducted every four years of all member states. Rights groups say Nigeria faces critical human rights challenges, but the government disputes many of those claims. … read more
An expatriate working in the construction company handling Ondo State road contract, Mr Luis Jose Rentad, a Portuguese, had been kidnapped by militant youths in Ajagba, Irele Local Government area of the state. Rentad, who is an engineer working with … read more
Bayelsa State Peace and Conflict Resolution Committee and Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), weekend, traded words over the ransom allegedly paid by former Minister of Energy, Edmund Daukoru ,on his wife, Gladys. Daukoru, now the paramount ruler … read more
Nigeria’s white-collar oil workers’ union delayed a strike to protest abductions and attacks against its members in the Niger Delta while it continues talks with the government, the union said. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, … read more
The Rivers State Government says it is aware of the current security challenges posed by the activities of criminals that engage in abduction of innocent citizens, and has directed security agencies to re-strategise operations to apprehend culprits. Governor Chibuike Rotimi … read more
The Joint Task Force (JTF), a military outfit in the Niger Delta, said yesterday it killed three militants during an operation to repel attack on the Utorogun Gas Plant in Delta State, which is operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company … read more