THE Rivers state government is to parade a septuagenarian and others in the state allegedly involved in the rising case of child abduction in the state on Friday at a stakeholders meeting. Governor Rotimi Amaechi made this known yesterday in … read more
AP) _ Militants said they destroyed an oil pipeline Monday in Nigeria’s petroleum-producing region and killed 11 soldiers in an ensuing gunbattle with security forces. � The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta says it attacked the pipeline, … read more
PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has replied the Senate over the appointment of Mrs. Farida Waziri, insisting that he did not breach either the Constitution or the EFCC Act by appointing the retired AIG as Acting Chairman of the Economic and … read more
FOR the first time in a court document made available to the public, the US government has identified former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; his US-based wife, Dr. Jennifer Abubakar and a Nigerian businessman, Suleiman Yahyah as co-conspirators in the corruption … read more
The acting Speaker, Bayelsa State, Hon. Nestor Binabo, on Saturday escaped death by whiskers as he was attacked by an angry mob for allegedly diverting the election materials. This was just as the Vice-President; Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, commended the people … read more
AS the search for the missing Beechchraft plane continues, the State Security Service (SSS) has arrested and quizzed the Commissioner in charge of Accident and Investigation Bureau (AIB), Mr. Samson Oduselu. But some stakeholders have protested to the Presidency that … read more
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) recently announced to spend 8 billion U.S. dollars on projects to reduce gas-flaring in Nigeria, joining its peers of world oil majors in tapping into alternative resources and adopting new energy developing technologies. Through this innovation … read more
Few weeks after Margaret, wife of Chairman of Lonestar Drilling Limited, Chief Humphrey Idisi was kidnapped and released by unknown gunmen who demanded a N1 billion ransom, two expatriate staff of the company have been kidnapped. Information available to THISDAY … read more
The Rivers State Police Command in Rivers has commenced investigations into an incident, in which a cat allegedly turned into a woman along a major road in the state capital, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday. The command�s spokesperson, Mrs. Rita Abbey, … read more
Embattled Theresa Nkoyo Ibori, wife of the former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, will be spending her fourth day in prison today following the failure of her lawyers to secure a surety to fulfill one of the conditions … read more