Unknown gunmen, in the early hours of Friday, kidnapped wife of the Rivers State Commissioner for Sport, Mr Boma Iyaye and took her to an unknown destination. Family sources said Mrs Joy Iyaye was forced out of her car, while … read more
A HIGH-flying Lebanese businessman, based outside the Niger-Delta, has been fingered as the baron of a crude oil syndicate, made up of some top security personnel, crude oil thieves and foreigners that are responsible for most of the illegal oil … read more
MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) says it does not know the Sunny Bowei Okah, said to a brother to Henry Okah, who the 10-man General Court Martial (GCC) that recently sentenced Major Suleiman Akubo and five … read more
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
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
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
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
The tradition of collection of illegal tolls at various points across the country had a negative implication on three police officers attached to the Rivers State Police Command when they were shot dead by a group later discovered to be … read more
Nigerian passport holders, with visas for USA, Canada, Switzerland, Japan and all countries in the European Union (UK and Ireland inclusive) no longer need transit visa to connect Paris, France. With immediate effect, passengers travelling through Charles de Gaulle Airport … read more
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