The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro, has set up a fresh panel to investigate recent high-profile murders in the country, in compliance with a recent directive by President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua. The team, which is headed by the Deputy … read more
Mr. Tom Ateke, leader of a foremost militant group in the Niger Delta region, the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF), has given the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum, effective from December 21, 2007, to replace his properties, which he claimed … read more
Armed militants stormed a flow station belonging to Italian oil company Agip on Thursday, according to reports as Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell said it was moving 400 employees’ family members. Details on the Agip attack were still unclear, but the … read more
Two local airlines, Arik Air and Virgin Nigeria, will start flying directly to the United States of America in 2008. Harold Demurin, the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), told journalists yesterday that the US Federal Aviation Administr-ation … read more
Niger Delta militants struck again yesterday and kidnapped the 91-year old father of the Accountant General of Bayelsa state, Chief Andason Zidafamo. This is coming barely 24 hours after the Jont Military Task Force operating in Bayelsa State stormed the … read more
Flight operations to and from the Port Harcourt International Airport began on Thursday. This follows the installation and ground check of the Precision Approach Instrument (PAPI), the landing equipment for aircraft, and its calibration by ASECNA. Meanwhile, the Federal Airports … read more
Nigerian crude oil shipments are expected to rise in February, breaking a two-month decline, because of an increase in loadings from the Bonny Light and Bonga terminals, traders said on Thursday. The February loading schedule is estimated at around 2.14 … read more
THE Ijaw Freedom Fights, IFF, has issued Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited a 14-days ultimatum within which to commence payment of the communal claims in respect of their 1998 Idoho platform oil spillage or they would wreck havoc on their installations … read more
THE Rivers State government yesterday reacted to Monday explosion at Shell and Agip premises in the state capital with a call on Nigerians to assist security agents in the state to uncover those behind the callous acts. A statement issued … read more
In what seems like a worsening situation in the Niger Delta, militants in the early hours of yesterday attacked the Nigerian National Petro-leum Corporation (NNPC) Jetty in Okrika and the Okrika Local Government headquarters. The Joint Military Task Force in … read more