Russia’s state-owned gas giant Gazprom is reportedly eyeing a “mindboggling” stake in Nigeria’s energy reserves in a bid to trump US, Chinese and Indian interests. In a dispatch from Abuja and Moscow, the Financial Times quoted a senior Nigerian oil … read more
Despite the controversy over the bid to remove Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the only regret the anti corruption czar has is that President Umaru Yar Adua once stopped him from … read more
Police and government officials in northern Nigeria’s city of Kano have reported an upsurge in incidents of child rape and said that young girls are now unsafe in the city. In one incident a 70-year-old man allegedly raped a three … read more
Police in Lagos have killed about 65 suspected armed robbers during exchange of fire in the last six months. Also, 291 others were arrested during the period under review. Addressing newsmen at the Ikeja Command Headquarters on Thursday, the state … read more
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday debunked insinuations in some quarters that the recent rise in the crude oil price was as a result of recent militant attacks in Port Hacourt, capital of Rivers State. The Corporation attributed the … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) yesterday vowed to cripple oil exports from the Niger Delta region by providing arms including anti-aircraft gunships to the leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante Movement, Mr Ateke Tom in what … read more
Reactions on Thursday trailed the leakage of the report of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta Operation Restore Hope, to militants in the region as the Ijaw ethnic nationality group warned the Federal Government not to launch any … read more
FEDERAL Government has been told to rescind its decision on the sacking of the EFCC boss, Malam Nuhu Ribadu as the action would send wrong signals to the international community on the sincerity of the government towards the crusade against … read more
The Niger-Delta militants have threatened to renew violent attacks on oil installations in the country as well as extend their activities to other strategic cities including Lagos, Abuja, Owerri and Kaduna in a renewed demand to achieve justice and right … read more
THE new year began on a bloody note in Port Harcourt early yesterday after gunmen attacked two police stations and the famous Presidential Hotel in the city, killing at least 16 people, seven of them policemen. A petrol tanker also … read more