Kidnappers yesterday struck again in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, at No 91, Ada George road, shop of Dorathy Otele, wife of a Bayelsa lawmaker, Honourable Franklyn Otele. The gunmen who kidnapped her later demanded N400million ransom. The rasnsom was later … read more
Nigeria has started taking gradual, but careful steps towards producing its first Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) estimated to produce 1000 Megawatts of electricity (Mw) in the next ten years, Minister of State for Science and Technology, Dr. Alhassan Bako Zaku … read more
Reuters) – Hundreds of villagers in the Ogoni area of Nigeria’s oil producing Niger Delta staged a protest against Shell on Monday after a rights group accused the firm of trying to resume operations without local consent. Royal Dutch Shell … read more
A $44 billion lawsuit brought by the Nigerian government against three tobacco companies has resumed at the Abuja federal court. The federal government is seeking damages for what is says were public health costs for treating smoking-related diseases. Gilbert da … read more
A PROSECUTION witness in the trial of the Amanyanabo of Koniju, King Captain Nemi Oputibeya Iyala, yesterday disclosed that former Transport Minister, Abiye Sekibo and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had links with the wanted militia leader, Tom Ateke. The … read more
Up to 50,000 Nigerians are among a record number of illegal immigrants deported by the United States in a new push by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to enforce immigration laws. The DHS, which described it as a �strict … read more
Uncertainty and confusion yesterday took the better of the country�s aviation sector following an embarrassing discovery that an earlier claim by one of the agencies that the missing Wings Aviation aircraft had been found was totally false. The Minister of … read more
Port Harcourt, Nigeria – Gunmen released five Nigerians hostages on Tuesday, six days after they had been seized in the restive southern oil region, said a military official. Major Sagir Musa did not say whether a ransom was paid for … read more
Three people were killed when their small private plane crashed in southern Nigeria, rescuers said Sunday after reaching the accident site. The plane had gone missing a day earlier. Sam Adurogboye, a spokesman for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, did … read more
BARRING last minute effort by the government to avert crisis in the oil sector, members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) may begin an indefinite nationwide strike on Wednesday. The strike notice is coming … read more