For the second time in a week, militants struck yesterday in Akwa Ibom State: they abducted the wife of Hon. Aloysious Etok, who is representing Ikot Ekpene Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Mrs Ekot Comfort was kidnapped at … read more
ABOUT 16 militants were feared killed on Wednesday night when they launched a surprise attack on security gunboats around the Bonny River in Rivers State. It was gathered that the soldiers of the Joint Task Force (JTF) repelled the attack, … read more
Five gunmen, yesterday kidnapped the Chairman of Diobu Timber Sellers Association, Chief Job Obire and another man at the timber shed Okwelle waterside, Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Vanguard gathered that, before taking their victims away, the men robbed many … read more
The menace of sea piracy mostly perpetrated by Somali pirates across the globe may have taken a devastating toll on Nigeria as eight fishing vessels with 96 crew members were taken hostage yesterday. President of Nigerian Trawler Owners Association (NITOA), … read more
Several anti-corruption organizations are vowing to continue their pursuit of 31 Nigerian state governors and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who were exonerated Wednesday by Nigeria’s chief investigative arm of corruption charges. Accusations against the officials, who were singled out for … read more
Royal Dutch Shell has appealed a Nigerian court order requiring it hand over the site of a key base in the oil-rich but impoverished Niger Delta. A high court in Rivers State ruled in July that the site of the … read more
Polio could be wiped out in Nigeria – one of the world’s last blackspots of the disease – thanks to an improved vaccine, research suggests. An Imperial College London team found a recently introduced polio jab is four times more … read more
Gunmen in speedboats attacked Nigerian navy vessels guarding the country’s main crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals on Wednesday, the Nigerian military and security sources said. The attackers hit gunboats protecting Bonny Island in the Niger Delta, … read more
AN insight into why the certification of Nigerian Airports is being delayed was yesterday given by the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Dr. Harold Demuren. He said that the non-certification of the country’s airports may remain for … read more
THE ever-busy Apapa-Oshodi Expressway will be closed to traffic from next Thursday, the Lagos State government has announced. Coming barely a fortnight after the Third Mainland Bridge was re-opened to traffic after almost two months of closure, the Apapa-Oshodi expressway … read more