The management of Nigerdock Nigeria Plc has rejected allegations leveled against it recently by the House of Representatives Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation that it was using its jetty was being used by Niger Delta militants for gun-running and illegal … read more
THE army, yesterday, confirmed the death of 20 cultists in an exchange of gunfire between soldiers and the cultists at Nembe waterfront in Rivers State on Friday night, thus bringing the death toll in the cult clash that started on … read more
Ten days to the handover of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon, Nigerians are relocating from the disputed area to Calabar and Ikang area of Cross River State, reports said yesterday. “If there were Nigerians still in the peninsula as at … read more
LAGOS residents on Sunday expressed worries about what would be their fate today as the traffic situation in the city is expected to worsen as a result of the partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge. Some of the people … read more
After several months of reprieve, Port Harcourt city, Rivers State, lost its peace once again, as rival cult groups engaged themselves in a free-for-all that left eight dead. The renewed clash between two warring groups allegedly led by Soboma George … read more
LAGOS on Saturday witnessed an unprecedented gridlock as rehabilitation work commenced on the ever-busy Third Mailand Bridge. The heavy traffic jam spilled over to neighbouring states like Ogun and Oyo, as thousands of vehicles coming to the nation�s commercial centre … read more
The Federal government may have concluded plans to ease the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) out of the Niger Delta as part of its desire to address the problems of neglect of the area by the international oil companies. The … read more
Projects worth over N125 billion have been abandoned in the oil-rich Niger Delta region following the withdrawal of Julius Berger, the largest construction company in Nigeria for over 40 years, due mainly to unfriendly environment manifesting in theft and continuing … read more
The police in Kano have arrested four youngsters who allegedly kidnapped a three-year-old boy recently, within the metropolis. Kano State police commissioner, Mr Mohammed Yesufu, who paraded the kidnapers and other accused criminals before newsmen, described the development as a … read more
Two expatriates were abducted from Papa’s Bar in Onne last night. (AP) _ A Nigerian military spokesman says gunmen have kidnapped two more foreign workers in the country’s southern oil region. � Lt. Col. Sagir Musa of the military unit … read more