THE Port Harcourt International Airport is yet to commence full flight operations, four months after the entry point was inaugurated, the Nigerian Tribune can reveal. The airport was inaugurated on December 24, 2007, while the first flight touched down on … read more
STARTLING discoveries were yesterday made by the members of the House of Representatives Committee on Power and Steel on their visit to Rivers State in continuation of their tour of the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP) sites as contracts worth … read more
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and his Deputy, Atiku Abubakar, will soon appear before the House of Representatives Power and Steel Committee probing the $16 billion spent on the power sector during the Obasanjo years. Also to appear are former Senate … read more
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:03 AM Subject: The Proposed Niger Delta Peace Summit April 01, 2008 The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) wishes to disassociate itself from the proposed Niger Delta Peace Summit being planned … read more
At least 40 members of a wedding party drowned in a river after the dug-out boat they were travelling in capsized in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kano, survivors and officials said on Tuesday. The victims, mostly women and children, … read more
The embattled leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Mr. Henry Okah, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside the order for his secret trial Okah is being held over allegations of … read more
LAW enforcement cooperation on money laundering between Nigeria and the United States (U.S.) seems to be on the rise in the last one year as the U.S. government disclosed that its Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is currently working with … read more
Two oil pipelines owned by Royal Dutch Shell are burning for a fourth consecutive day in southern Nigeria’s Port Harcourt area. A company spokesman said firefighters have not been able to access the burning pipelines. Both fires started Sunday in … read more
THE Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) may soon stop supply of crude oil to the Port Harcourt Refinery following two major fire outbreaks at K-Dere in Gokana Local Council of Rivers State. A source in the SPDC who pleaded anonymity … read more
AFederal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Federal Government to arraign detained leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah and his accomplice, Edward Atatate in camera. It also said the order was … read more