Medical doctors in the employment of the Lagos State government under the aegis of Medical Guild yesterday announced the suspension of the indefinite strike they embarked upon last Monday over what they described as poor condition of service. They have … read more
Pupils in various nursery schools in Bayelsa State yesterday resumed for a new session under the presence of armed soldiers deployed by the authorities of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) to forestall rumoured invasion of the state by kidnappers. … read more
A PRINCELY N800 billion was generated internally by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in 2008, the House of Representatives learnt yesterday. Speaking at the budget defence of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources with the assembly’s Committee on the upstream … read more
Combat-ready mobile and regular policemen yesterday took over the premises of the Delta State government-owned television and radio broadcasting house, Delta Broadcasting Service (DBS), as the crisis between its management and board deepens. The latest development climaxed months of no-love-lost … read more
Following the crash in the price of crude oil in the international market and public expectations that the condition should translate to a downward review in the price of refined petroleum products, the Federal Government has commenced negotiations with petroleum … read more
UNKNOWN gunmen who abducted renowned author, Captain Elechi Amadi, on Monday night in his home in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday night released him to his family. Following the public outrage over the abduction, Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi had … read more
More oil service companies, indigenous and foreign owned, may be closing shop this year due to government’s decision to suspend some key projects that are critical to oil and gas industry and the development of local content. One of the … read more
French oil services firm Bourbon (GPBN.PA) said on Wednesday nine crew members were released unharmed in Nigeria along with their hijacked vessel, which had been captured by unknown gunmen in speedboats on Sunday. Bourbon did not say how it obtained … read more
The industrial action called by a factional group of Lagos State Medical Guild began yesterday, taking its toll on some patients seeking treatment at state government-owned hospitals in the state. At some of the hospitals visited by THISDAY to assess … read more
A French ship was seized by pirates off the coast of Nigeria during the weekend, with nine crew members taken hostage, the French media reported on Monday. According to the report, the ship, Bourbon Leda, which belongs to the French … read more