(AP) — Police on Friday arrested the head of a federal agency charged with developing Nigeria’s impoverished southern oil region after allegations that the man spent millions of dollars on a witch doctor in hopes vanquishing a rival. President Umaru … read more
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said Friday that it would thenceforth not accept the use container trucks by construction giant, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc in transporting its staff to their respective construction sites. The FRSC Corp Marshal, Osita Chidoka … read more
If Virgin Nigeria Airways Limited obeys the instructions from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN�s) Managing Director, Richard Aisuebeogun, to relocated its domestic operations from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos to the MM2 domestic terminal this … read more
IN what appears a conscious security measure to check the recent threat of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to bomb Abuja, the Nigerian Police during the week issued a strong warning saying that such an … read more
Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples� Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has alleged that some groups of militants from the Niger Delta region meet often with officials of the presidency in Abuja. Alhaji Dokubo-Asari in an exclusive interview with … read more
Police on Friday arrested the head of a federal agency charged with developing Nigeria’s impoverished southern oil region after allegations the man spent millions of dollars on a witch doctor in hopes vanquishing a rival. President Umaru Yar’Adua announced Friday … read more
(Reuters) – The number of new polio infections in Nigeria has soared by more than 240 percent this year as a large number of children in the north have not been fully immunised, a World Health Organisation official said on … read more
Nigeria’s navy has increased patrols in the oil-rich Niger Delta region to curb attacks by militants, said Rear-Admiral Bodunrin Raji. The patrols have resulted in fewer incidents of crude theft in the region, Raji, the commander of the Nigerian navy … read more
Reuters) – Two Nigerian soldiers were wounded on Friday after militants attempted to hijack their gunboat in the strategic waters of the oil-rich Niger Delta, security and industry sources said. Gunmen with apparent links to the main militant group MEND … read more
Reuters) – A Nigerian court has denied bail to the suspected leader of the main militant group in the oil-producing Niger Delta, defence lawyers said on Friday. Henry Okah is believed to be the leader of the Movement for the … read more