Seinye Briggs, wife of billionaire businessman, Lulu Briggs, was yesterday released by her kidnappers almost 24 hours after her abduction in Port Harcourt, Rivers State by unknown gunmen. In addition to interests in telecommunications and banking, Lulu Briggs is the … read more
Just as efforts were being made to secure the release of Mrs. Seinye Lulu-Briggs, wife of oil magnate, Chief Benson Lulu-Briggs, unidentified gunmen abducted a former lecturer of the University of Port Harcourt Prof. Christian Anah. The former don was … read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has raided the Lagos office of German telecommunications multinational, Siemens AG, in connection with the alleged payment of bribes to some former Nigerian public officers by its officials. The German firm said in a … read more
Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), the umbrella organisation of all domestic carriers in Nigeria, yesterday asked Virgin Nigeria Airways to move its domestic operations to the local terminal of the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos (MMA) as directed by the Federal … read more
Kidnappers of Mrs Seinye Lulu-Briggs, have made contact with the family and demanded a ransom of N500 million, which state security advised the family not to pay. As at yesterday evening, the ransom had been reduced to N200 million, while … read more
All oil and gas companies which fled the Niger Delta region in the wake of activities of militants have been ordered by the federal government to return to the region or stop business as the situation has changed. Handing down … read more
The scarcity of aviation fuel also called Jet A1 took a new turn on Thursday, as airlines resorted to outright cancellation of scheduled flights while some had delays and diversions. Some flights were diverted to nearest airports when the operators … read more
The Nigerian Communicat-ions Commission (NCC) has imposed a blanket ban on sales promotion by all GSM operators, citing results of its latest quality of service (QoS) test carried out across the sector as reason. It is a season of imposition … read more
The Joint Task Force on the Niger Delta yesterday raided villages bordering the Tora Manifold along the Nembe Creek in search of militants who killed three naval officers in a recent attack. The raid on the villages followed the expiration … read more
Over one thousand units of vehicles with duty paid value of about N918million have been seized by the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Lagos, the anti-smuggling arm of the Nigeria Customs Service. Controller of the Unit, Comptroller Rasheed Taiwo, who … read more