AP) – Militants in Nigeria’s restive oil region on Saturday invited film star and peace activist George Clooney to visit Nigeria’s restive oil region and asked for U.N. intervention in the conflict. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon designated Clooney as a … read more
THE Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Luka Yusuf, has vowed that none of the army officers found to be allegedly part of the syndicate that stole arms and ammunition from the Army Central Ordinance Depot in Kaduna, will go unpunished. … read more
The Rivers State Government said on Wednesday said it would not accept the ceasefire declared by the leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante Movement, Mr. Ateke Tom, until he and members of his group surrendered their weapons. The Director of … read more
Ahead of plans by the Federal Government to launch the International Year of Sanitation, the United Nations Children�s Fund has disclosed that more than 60 per cent of Nigerians do not have access to improved sanitation facilities. UNICEF�s Country Representative … read more
FORMER President, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Chief J.K. Randle, was on Thursday remanded in Ikoyi Prisons by an Igboshere/Tapa Magistrates Court. Chief Randle was arraigned at the court over allegation of N300 million fraud against one Kayode … read more
AT least 10 people have been killed in fighting in a land dispute between rival ethnic communities on Cameroun’s western border with Nigeria, reports said on Thursday. They said tribesmen from the Oliti community in Cameroun and their rivals from … read more
Nigerian National Petrleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday debunked rumours of imminent increase in the pump price of petroleum products. This is coming on the heels of resurgence of long queues at filling stations, especially in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) … read more
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt presided over by Justice Ibrahim Buba has reserved judgment for March 3, 2008 in the case involving the former governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission … read more
SOLDIERS have tightened up security at its Port Harcourt Army Barracks code named Bori Camp. Unlike in the past when visitors could walk into offices in the Brigade headquarters, this time they are thoroughly frisked at the gate before being … read more
The Federal Government on Wednesday said it had stopped the establishment of another cigarette factory worth $80bn last year in Osun State. Similarly, in its drive to stop smoking in public places, the Federal Ministry of Health, the Federal Capital … read more