AN estimated 60 million Nigerians now own power generating sets for their electricity, while the same number of people spend a staggering N1.56 trillion ($13.35m ) to fuel them annually, and despite the cut in the price of Premium Motor … read more
A Nigerian employee of French oil giant Total has been kidnapped in southern Nigeria and his captors have demanded a ransom of more than 65,000 dollars, an industry source said Sunday. The kidnappers have asked for 10 million naira (51,500 … read more
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Total Oil Nigeria Plc are trading blames over a pipeline vandalism, which occurred very close to the Alakija Bus Stop at the Festac axis along Mile 2 – Badagry Expressway last weekend. Officials of … read more
An Anambra State-based civil rights group, “International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law” has described as unsatisfactory, the role and responses of the state Police Command to the incessant cases of kidnappings rocking the state in recent … read more
Against the backdrop of failure of filling station operators in Port Harcourt to effect the reduction in pump price of petrol from N70 to N65, the Rivers State Commissioner for Energy and Natural Resources, Ezemonye Ezekiel Amadi has warned that … read more
THE minister of health Professor Babatunde Osotimehin said at the weekend that health indicators in Nigeria rank amongst the poorest in the world . The minister informed that it was a great concern to the federal government and therefore informs … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua will spend his two-week leave which commences tommorrow within the shores of the country. Sources close to the Presidency yesterday night told THISDAY that contrary to speculations in the media, President Yar’Adua will not be travelling … read more
JOINT task force in Rivers state has taken the crusade against militancy and brigandage in the state this time to the creeks. In the last one month no fewer than eight militants have been arrested by the security body. And … read more
Tragedy was on Saturday night averted in Lagos and Kano as two aircraft carrying about 300 persons escaped air mishap Specifically, an Abuja-London British Airways Boeing 777 aircraft with 172 passengers and 14 crew members had an emergency landing at … read more
The police have predicted that the economic meltdown being experienced across the world may result in soaring crime rate in Nigeria The Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Administration), Mr. Ogbonna Onovo, who gave this hint while addressing senior police officers in … read more