Gunmen yesterday kidnapped the wife of Honourable Asita representing Ahoada Federal Constituency of Rivers State in the House of Representatives. Mrs Asita, was yesterday morning kidnapped by some unknown gunmen on her way to church service at Okilson Drive, Ada … read more
Oando Plc has confirmed the backload or return of the contaminated fuel it imported from Gunvor International in February. The circulation of the bad product, which was confirmed to contain 20 per cent ethanol, had damaged quite a number of … read more
THE planned comprehensive probe of the oil sector and the proposed Senate inquiry into the activities of the FCT under the El-rufai administration may be the beginning of an investigation of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, The Guardian has learnt. While … read more
Scores have died and many are in hospitals following outbreaks of measles and meningitis in 10 northern states in the last three months, according to investigation by theNews Agency of Nigeria (NAN). A wave of measles and Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis (CSM) … read more
The militant group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is threatening new violence if its imprisoned leader Henry Okah is not tried in public. Okah was repatriated recently from Angola and charged by the Nigerian government with … read more
NIGERIA stands the risk of losing foreign assistance and funds for reviving its power sector unless it addresses the cases of alleged fraud in the contracts for the power projects. This possibility is emanating from the queries sent by the … read more
Virgin Nigeria has been granted ap-proval by the United States Depart-ment of Transp-ortation (DOT) to commence direct commercial flights from Lagos to various destinations in America. Virgin Nigeria is one of the three airlines approved by the Federal Government to … read more
Indication that the Federal Government is going ahead to honour its commitment to the international agreement entered into by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on behalf of the country to completely withdraw its authority from all parts of the Oil rich … read more
Some leaders of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) at the weekend accused Rivers State Government of “Some degree of complicity” in the on-going trial of its leaders, Henry Okah and Edward Attatta at the Federal High … read more
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is under a wave of criticism for the conduct of his administration, which came to an end last May. But in a court in Lagos, he is accused of a very different kind of misconduct … read more