The Senate yesterday referred a Bill for an Act to criminalise all forms of sexual offences in Nigeria to the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. General principles of the Bill, co-sponsored by Senators Chris Anyanwu, Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, … read more
Gunmen riding in two boats attacked a waterside shipbuilding company Tuesday in Nigeria’s lawless southern oil region, injuring one person, police said. The gang escaped with spare parts as the military moved in to restore order, police said. The attackers’ … read more
Shell Petroleum Development Company may this week fire 3,000 of its employees in Nigeria as it battles to survive in the wake of militant attacks on its flow stations. The massive sack, it was learnt, is being contemplated as a … read more
Former governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, yesterday denied allegations that he and some others in the state sponsored Mr. Ateke Tom to perpetrate violence in Okrika, Rivers State Odili, and former Minister of Transport, Dr Abiye Sekibo, were … read more
Helicopters and gunboats have been deployed in Warri, Delta State, to forestall fresh vandalisation of the Chanomi Creeks pipeline. The helicopters belong to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation while the gunboats are owned by the Joint Task Force in the … read more
THE Rivers State government has signed a medical investment deal running into $235 million with a Canadian company, Clinotech Diagnostics Pharmaceutical Incorporated. The deal, which was recently signed between the state government and the foreign organisation, would see to the … read more
The Nigerian Army yesterday declared that the persisting conflict in the Niger Delta required more of political rather than military solution, stressing that the situation in the area had not degenerated into such threat that would warrant an outright military … read more
NIGERIA’S crude production has appreciated in the last two months following government directives that oil firms should increase output from the deep offshore fields. The Guardian source said since November last year, crude oil production has increased to the point … read more
Former Rivers State governor, Dr. Peter Odili, and the erstwhile Minister of Transport, Dr Abiye Sekibo, have been named as sponsors of the cult group led by Mr. Tom Ateke which has been responsible for killings and hostage-taking in Rivers … read more
Bayelsa State Governor, Timipreye Sylva yesterday disclosed that the burial of Pa Lawrence Ebele Jonathan was an occasion to test the peace now reigning in Bayelsa State and across the Niger Delta region. Sylva, who was the chief host at … read more