Repair works on some loose joints on the highly strategic Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, will commence on Saturday, August 2, 2008 at noon, and not today as reported. But the all-important link bridge between Lagos Mainland and the Island, the … read more
THE Federal Government on Thursday opted to �discuss� with the Niger Delta people in place of the summit earlier proposed. Vice President Goodluck Jonathan disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday while briefing newsmen on the outcome of his meeting with … read more
(Reuters) – At least 17 people died at a prayer meeting in rural Nigeria after apparently breathing noxious fumes from their power generator while asleep, police and witnesses said on Wednesday. The deaths highlight the worsening power crisis in Africa’s … read more
A band of suspected militants attacked a naval houseboat stationed in Nigeria’s restive, oil-rich south Wednesday, sparking a gunbattle that left five people dead, military officials said. About 30 gunmen attacked a boat housing naval personnel assigned to protect strategic … read more
Plans to deal with oil smuggling and corruption in the Niger Delta region have been outlined by Gordon Brown in a press conference with the President of Nigeria. The UK has offered to assist in providing “robust accounting systems” and … read more
A startling revelation emerged yesterday about the Green Tree Agreement (GTA), the treaty ceding the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon, as military authorities spoke about the security implications of the agreement. The Senate Joint Ad Hoc Committee on the International … read more
About 20 armed men have kidnapped 11 persons in Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa State and demanded a ransom of N11 million from their families, police say in Yola, the state capital. Addressing a news conference in his office, … read more
(Reuters) – Local residents blew up a Nigerian oil pipeline operated by Italy’s Eni in the restive Niger Delta, cutting output further in the world’s eighth largest oil exporter, a state governor said on Thursday. It was the second attack … read more
For the umpteenth time, Lagosians groaned and moaned as flood brought the city to a halt yesterday after a heavy downpour. Bitter Lagosians queried why the celebrated capacity of the state government to extract taxes, levies, fines and penalties from … read more
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has temporarily shut the runway at the Port Harcourt International Airport to tow the Chanchangi Aircraft, B737-200, which overshot the runway on Monday evening when it landed at the airport. The closure came as … read more