Following the protests by Virgin Nigeria and Arik Air against the Federal Government�s order that all airlines should relocate domestic operations to the new Murtala Muhammed International Airport Terminal II (MMA-2), the House of Representatives yesterday urged all the parties … read more
Unknown gunmen, yesterday, kidnapped a manager with the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, Mr. Dienye Nehemiah, while his driver was shot and critically wounded along Ada George Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Although the kidnap was confirmed by Police PRO … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has asked the Federal Government to allow an independent team to verify its claim that one of their their leaders, Henry Okah has not been killed. They also said that … read more
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has denied claims a militant leader from the country’s oil-rich Delta has died in police custody. The president’s spokesman said Henry Okah was “in safe custody”. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) … read more
Frequent power cuts in Nigeria have become “embarrassing”, the country’s vice-president has said. Goodluck Jonathan was speaking after the lights went out at a meeting he was attending in the capital, Abuja. During last year’s election, President Umaru Yar’Adua said … read more
Oil firm, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), on Tuesday told the House of Representatives Committee on Environment that Nigeria lost about $200 million to oil theft in the Niger Delta region last year. General Manager of CNL, Lanre Kalejaiye, who said … read more
Chevron Corp cannot stop flaring gas from its oil fields in Nigeria this year without shutting production, as the government has been unable to repair key infrastructure, a company executive said on Tuesday. “Our flares are continuing to be put … read more
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Aliyu Modibbo Umar, has declared last Saturday of every month as environmental sanitation day in all the six Area Councils of the city. The minister made the decision known at the FCT Executive … read more
Eni SpA said that Feyi Dienye, a Nigerian citizen in charge of local community relations in the Port Harcourt district for Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC), has been kidnapped early this morning while going to the office. NAOC is Eni’s … read more
The police in Oyo State yesterday continued their clampdown of the operators of an illegal detention centre in the state capital where 23 people mostly teenagers were rescued at the weekend. The police acting on a tip off, had on … read more