MINISTER of Special Duties, Presidency, Mr. Godsday Orubebe has dismissed as untrue an allegation that Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan betrayed detained leader of the Movement for Emancipation of Niger-Delta (MEND), Henry Okah, after paying a visit to him in South-Africa, … read more
Opposition party members at the House of Representatives have promised to stop any bid by the Peoples Democratic Party to hijack the ongoing investigation into how the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo spent about $16bn on the power sector … read more
The Manufacturers� Association of Nigeria (MAN) and potential investors complain that electricity is their biggest challenge, two times more problematic than finance. Diran Fawibe, chief executive officer, International Energy Services Limited and chairman, energy committee, Institute of Directors (IoD), told … read more
Another misfortune yesterday hit the Nigerian Aviation Industry when a 1900D Beec-hcraft turbo prop aircraft belonging to Wings Avia-tion was reported missing over 10 hours after it was expected to have landed at its destination. A pilot, standardisation officer and … read more
IN SPITE of astounding revelations made so far, the House of Representatives Committee on Power and Steel holding public hearing on how $16bn was allegedly spent by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday said it had not … read more
Nigeria’s oil export activities may suffer further setback soon as Ijaw youths in the Niger Delta have threatened to attack the facilities of the oil giants; Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited (EPNL) and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) if the French … read more
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) has paraded seven persons suspected to be involved in illegal bunkering. The task force also impounded seven fuel tankers of 33,000 litres capacity each, four pumping machines, two speed boats, nine mobile phones and … read more
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ikeremadu, has described Niger Delta youths as freedom fighters and not demons as was being portrayed. Ikeremadu stated these at the occasion of the land breaking ceremony of the Niger Delta Development Commission�s shore protection, … read more
Some $2.2bn-worth of Nigerian energy contracts were awarded without a bidding process by the former president and his energy minister, officials say. One was to a company with less than $200 of base capital at the time, a witness told … read more
Controversy is trailing alleged moves by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to return to Ogoniland which it abandoned about 15 years ago following disagreements with the host community and the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Niger-Delta activist by the federal … read more