A top US State Department official has said that the country will not disclose the names of the Nigerian officials involved in the $6m Wilbros bribery scandal. A spokesman of the State Department in charge of Africa, Mr. Greg Garland, … read more
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo approved six radio and television licences for himself and the former Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party�s Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, a day before his tenure ended on May 29, Daily Trust investigations … read more
The Police has begun daily helicopters patrol in Lagos and Abuja to ensure crime-free Sallah and Christmas celebration. Police Spokesman, ACP Akpoebi, told Daily Trust in an interview that the Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, after a meeting with … read more
About N60million was lost to three hours strike embarked upon by Air Traffic Controllers yes-terday when they shut the na-tion�s airspace. ATCs at airports all over the country abandoned their duties and refused to clear aircraft for landing or take … read more
Nigeria’s oil and gas industry regulator intends to start fining companies $3.5 for every 1,000 standard cubic feet of gas flared from Jan. 1 next year, a senior official at the regulator said on Monday. The Department of Petroleum Resources … read more
(Reuters) – Pirates attacked a vessel operated by oil major ExxonMobil in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria on Tuesday, killing a crew member and injuring another, private security contractors working in the oil industry said. Attacks by politically motivated … read more
United States President, Mr. George Bush, is billed to visit Nigeria as part of a weeklong tour of the three major regions of Africa. Administration officials said the trip, billed for late January, is part of Bush’s plan to keep … read more
A militia leader in the Niger Delta has accepted President Umar Musa Yar�Adua�s offer for peace, signalling the possibility of a gradual cessation of hostilities and instability in the oil rich region. Speaking in his heavily fortified camp, in the … read more
President Umaru Yar’Adua yesterday played host to a Cameroonian special envoy, Vice-Prime Minister Ahmadou Ali, over recent developments in the Bakassi Peninsula. Cameroon reported that 20 of its military personnel were killed in the Peninsula in a November 12 attack, … read more
The Federal Government on Monday in Abuja said it has demanded evidence from the United States of America over Nigerians named in the Wilbros bribery scandal. It accused the US of shielding the identity of officers of Shell Development Producing … read more