Reuters) – Nigeria has deployed troops in the remote southeastern state of Ebonyi after 14 people were killed and scores of buildings destroyed in clashes between rival groups feuding over land, police said on Saturday. The violence between the Ezillo … read more
Shell Petroleum Devel-opment Company has entered into an arrangement called �Com-munity and Shell Together (CAST)� aimed at using people in communities in which oil pipelines are laid to protect the facilities from vandalisation. The initiative was anno-unced about the same … read more
A NEW twist has developed in the U.S corruption case against Congressman William Jefferson, just as the district court in Virginia has set December 2 as the start of a jury trial against him. Jefferson is charged with bribery in … read more
The Army on Friday asked anyone who thought that it lacked the capacity to root out militancy in the Niger Delta or insurgency in any part of the country not dare it. It issued the warning during its Tactical Manoeuvre … read more
There were indications on Saturday that the Presidency might have shelved the planned military offensive against militants in the Niger Delta. In the alternative, the Presidency has asked the troops put on red alert at the the creeks hosting strategic … read more
Nigeria’s Plateau State wants $100bn (�50bn) in compensation from the UK and Europe for environmental damage caused, it says, by mining in colonial times. The Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Agency says it has discovered radioactive materials buried under the soil. Radioactive … read more
MEN of the Lagos State Police Command are now at the crossroads on how to unravel the circumstances surrounding how a mentally imbalanced woman came about a bag containing the corpse of a baby boy. The lady who gave her … read more
Nigeria’s Olympic men’s football squad has cancelled a training trip to the US due to administrative lapses. The so-called Dream Team IV were due to play their Olympic counterparts from Honduras, as well as Trinidad and Tobago in Miami as … read more
Members of the Senate Committee probing expenditure on Federal Highways were on Friday stunned when Suleiman Danladi, the director in charge of Federal highways, revealed that a contractor disappeared after he was paid N600 million as mobilisation for a road … read more
EXCEPT for the 40-second interval during which the bugle was sounded to signify the lowering of both the National and Army flags at exactly 6.00 p.m. yesterday, the atmosphere at the Owena Barracks of the 323 Artillery Regiment of the … read more