THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said, yesterday, it would soon carry out a critical examination into what past administrations in the country did with the $500 billion generated from oil in the last 50 years, according to its … read more
TWO kids, Deborah and Francis Uduak, children of an executive officer of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association, Mr. Sunday Uduak, have been kidnapped. Their captors are demanding N10 million as ransom. Besides, five days after their kidnap, the whereabouts of … read more
Anew group of militant youths has emerged in Ijaw land and they are threatening to deal deadlier blows on the Nigerian state in a manner that would make the past actions of other similar groups look like a child’s play. … read more
OFFICIALS of Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC-West, were yesterday at Uzere, Isoko South Council of Delta state chased out of the community by the entire people for unfulfilled promises even as they gave the oil giant a 21-days ultimatum to … read more
One of Nigeria’s most top militants from the oil-rich Niger Delta is being tried in closed-door proceedings on gun and treason charges. The militant, Henry Okah, potentially faces the death penalty for his alleged crimes, according to judicial officials. While … read more
Prospective home owners in Nigeria were beaten and tear gassed by police as they queued to buy up cheap houses being sold off by the civil service. Houses are very expensive in the capital, Abuja, where landlords often demand two … read more
Bakers are considering a price increment of 25 per cent per loaf of bread as rising prices of wheat flour and sugar is hitting hard on the baking industry, the President, Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, Chief … read more
In apparent bid to curb incessant attacks on fishing trawlers on the nation�s coastal waters, the federal government has directed the Nigerian Navy high command to equip the Maritime Guard Command (MGC) which is the enforcement unit of the Nigerian … read more
The Military High Command is now set to review the security arrangement on ground for all the crude oil pipelines that run across the country following their incessant attack by militants and illegal oil bunkerers. To this effect, the Chief … read more
The Nigerian government has denied it tried to kill a prominent leader of an oil militant group with a snake in his detention cell. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) sent an email to journalists alleging … read more