A Nigerian man with 86 wives, Mohammadu Bello Abubakar, is challenging in a high court an Islamic decree ordering him to divorce all but four of them. Local traditional rulers told him to divorce his wives by the end of … read more
SUSPECTED youths of Sangana Community in Brass Council, Bayelsa State yesterday invaded the platform of Conoil, holding hostage six mobile policemen on guard and other staff of the company over undisclosed issues. The armed youths were reportedly dressed in military … read more
(AP) _ A private security official says gunmen in Nigeria’s southern oil region have hijacked an oil-services boat with 13 people onboard, including five expatriate workers. � The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to company prohibitions on speaking … read more
The secretary to the Federal Government and “June 12” turncoat, Mr. Baba Gana Kingibe, has become the first casualty of Umar Yar�adua�s desire to revamp the image of his regime. Our correspondent reported that Kingibe confidently strode into a ceremony … read more
The State Security Services (SSS) has refuted a news report carried in the Tuesday edition of an Abuja-based daily newspaper to the effect that some Isreali security agents of MOSSAD are present in the country to train operatives of the … read more
The authorities of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday said its team had sighted the remains of two of the victims from the wreckage of the ill-fated Wings Aviation aircraft whose crash site was spotted with the aid of … read more
A former chief executive of construction firm KBR Inc. pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal bribery charges in connection with the company’s natural gas operations in Nigeria from 1995 to 2004. The Justice Department said Albert “Jack” Stanley entered a guilty … read more
The Joint Military Task Force(JTF) has distanced itself from the recent detention of some journalists, community leaders from Iwhrekan and a term of Environmental Rights Action(ERA) members on a visit to Utorogun Gas Plant, in Ughelli South. The group were … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua will this morning continue his consultations with a team of doctors at the King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Saudi Arabia, to review results of the several tests he has had in the last few days, THISDAY … read more
SECURITY operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Flush Out III have arrested an American journalist and filmmaker, Andrew Berenbs and his Nigerian escort Samuel George, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The spokesman of the task force Lt.-Col. Sagir … read more