Placard- carrying supporters of the Action Congress (AC) numbering more than 600 yesterday stormed the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) headquarters in Port Harcourt, demanding the cancellation of last Saturday�s election. The protesters chanted war songs and called RSIEC … read more
The body of the Edo State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Calus Enoma, was found in a hotel room in Benin on Monday, 24 hours after the state government declared him missing. Police sources disclosed to our correspondent that Enoma�s body … read more
Barely one month after Gunvor International B.V, Amsterdam, supplied 33,000 metric tonnes (MT) of petrol with high ethanol to a Nigerian company, Oando Plc, the Dutch company has allegedly supplied two more cargoes of the product for distribution in Nigeria. … read more
To forestall disruption of production in future such as the one that kept Kaduna and Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Companies out of production for over two years, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it is working out alternatives. Both companies … read more
A good number of filling stations in Abuja and environs were at the weekend crowded by motorists who were panic buying for petrol, Daily Trust reports. Most of the filling stations visited by our reporter were crowded by the motorists … read more
Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Professor Nimi Briggs, has expressed disappointment at the �mild� violence which claimed the life of at least one person in Eleme and wondered why in spite of the efforts his Commission put … read more
Cases of violence on Saturday marred the fresh governorship poll held in Kogi State in spite of tight security. There were incidents of arson, thugs hijacking election materials and allegations of compromise by some law enforcement agents in some places. … read more
AZUKA, the wife of the Leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Henry Okah, has warned that the incarceration of her husband was capable of escalating the protracted crisis in the region She said his current … read more
Federal Government has threatened to increase fines on energy companies that continue to release natural gas into the air when producing oil, the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Odein Ajumogobia (SAN), has said. �We certainly will increase the penalty … read more
The World Bank and International Finance Corporation have ranked Nigeria among the top 20 emerging markets in the world. Nigeria is ranked alongside South Africa, Morocco and Egypt from the Africa continent. The Deputy Director/Special Assistant to the Director General, … read more