Unknown gunmen struck again in Port Harcourt yesterday evening and kidnapped the Finance Manager of Intels Services, Mr. Bertrand Ajoku whose driver received several gunshot wound and is said to be recuperating in an undisclosed hospital in Port Harcourt. THISDAY … read more
THERE are strong indications that the police may not prosecute super polygamist Mallam Bello Masaba. Reason: The Niger State police command, which conducted a search in his house, said it did not find anything incriminating in the residence of the … read more
The Federal Government threatened on Thursday that it will from October; impose heavy penalties on oil companies operating in Nigeria that did not initiate concrete efforts towards meeting their domestic gas supply obligation. The Federal Executive Council had in April … read more
The identity of the Nigerian consortium interested in taking over crisis-torn Newcastle United Football Club may be unveiled on Saturday. A frontman for the group, Mr. Chris Nathaniel, said on Wednesday that talks had reached an advanced stage in the … read more
Nigeria’s army is on high alert in the oil-producing Niger Delta, carrying out helicopter and gunboat patrols in its creeks despite a ceasefire declared by the region’s main militant group. Brigadier-General Sarkin-Yaki Bello, commander of the army, navy and airforce … read more
A 42-year-old man and former cemetery tender, Mr. Tunde Adenuga, was yesterday nabbed by the police for being in possession nine human skulls. Adenuga, an indigene of Abeokuta, Ogun State, told the police that he went into that business of … read more
NIGERIA yesterday joined the rest of the world towards making the nation’s airspace safer as it switched over to the Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) system. In the aviation world, RVSM describes the reduction of the standard vertical separation required … read more
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, who led the Nigerian delegation to the 63rd session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York will not be able to address the assembly until after all Heads of State … read more
DEFENCE Headquarters yesterday dismissed claims by the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) that it has ordered a cease-fire, saying that it is spurious term, since as the Nigerian military was never in any war with it or … read more
THE proposed cabinet reshuffle by President Umaru Yar�Adua may have started creating ripples in different ministries in view of reports that the President was set to make a sweeping reorganisation. Against this background, activities in most ministries and parastatal agencies … read more