There were accusations and counter accusations yesterday between the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Ufot Ekaette and oil companies operating in the country over who is responsible for the crisis in the oil-rich region. It was at a … read more
Nigerian families can sue the Pfizer drugs giant in the US over its alleged role in the deaths of children, a US appeals court has ruled. The decision overturns ruling by a lower court that the case must be heard … read more
Oil workers in the Depart-ment of Petroleum Resources on Thursday vowed to shut down Nigeria’s 21 crude oil export terminals by February 11, 2009 over the engagement of Cobalt Services Nigeria Limited as a pres-shipment agent. They claimed that the … read more
THE Nigerian Stock market has been rated as the worst performing in the world for the month of January, according to a report published by a London-based research company, Business Monitor International (BMI). It also said that the country’s Gross … read more
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has downgraded the Port Harcourt International Airport from grade eight to seven, citing lack of adequate fire fighting equipment to serve wide-body aircraft during an emergency. News about the downgrade came just as African … read more
Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Dimeji Bankole has revealed how three former ministers frustrated the country’s access to $14 billion investment in infrastructural development. Bankole vowed that the three former ministers whom he did not mention would never … read more
NITEL management yesterday in Abuja, appealed to its striking workers to reconsider their current strike, especially the shutting down of the SAT-3 network cable. This was contained in a statement signed by Deputy General Manager (Communi-cations), Malam Sule Shehu, a … read more
Textile workers on Wednesday in Kaduna raised the alarm that the industry was on the brinks of complete collapse. The National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) declared in Kaduna that textile companies had dropped from … read more
The dust raised by the mysterious “goat” that was paraded last week by the Kwara State Police Command as a suspect in an attempt to steal a Mazda car in Ilorin appeared not to be over as the goat has … read more
Gunmen shot dead a young girl and abducted her brother as they walked to school in the southern Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt on Thursday, a police spokeswoman said. Gunmen in a car opened fire as they kidnapped the … read more