Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

NITEL Restores SAT-3 Cable

Management of Nigeria Telecommunications (NITEL) has said it had fixed and restored the services of South Atlantic Terminal 111 (SAT-3) Cable, damaged on October 15, 2008. The damage on SAT-3, the main stay for the country’s national carrier, disrupted international … read more

Gunmen attack navy near Shell oil facility

Unknown gunmen attacked a navy houseboat in southern Nigeria protecting a Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) crude oil flow station on Friday, a military spokesman said. The attack at the Nembe Creek flow station in Bayelsa … read more

JTF shoot protesters

TWO policemen — a Sergeant and a Corporal — were shot dead by militants, Tuesday night, in Port Harcourt, while seven protesters were injured after men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) shot at them in Warri, yesterday. In Port … read more

UK announces health programme for Nigeria

The United Kingdom has begun moves to boost healthcare services in Nigeria with a £148m initiative aimed at improving the financing of the sector in the country. An officer of the UK’s Department for International Development, Chris Hindley, who disclosed … read more

UN Urged To Withdraw Obasanjo As Envoy To Congo

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) and the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), have petitioned the United Nations Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, requesting him to “withdraw your recent appointment of former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo … read more