The Federal Government has traced the proliferation of illegal arms in the troubled Niger Delta to some countries in the Eastern bloc. This, according to government, has made security control and conflict resolution in the area a lot more challenging. … read more
Oil prices shot higher on Thursday, extending overnight gains on news of a surprise strike on Tuesday and Wednesday at Chevron Corporation facilities in Nigeria. However, the strike was called off 48 hours later. The President, National Union of Petroleum … read more
Just as the kidnappers of Chief Lawrence Nwile, the father of the Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, scaled their ransom demand down to N2 million from N70 million, an unknown militant group has threatened to use … read more
No fewer than five people were killed on Thursday in two separate clashes in Ogun and Edo states. Two of the deaths were recorded in Sagamu, Ogun State, when rival groups in the Peoples Democratic Party clashed at the emergency … read more
The opposition to the Speaker, House of Representatives, Mrs. Patricia Etteh, over the N628million contract scandal assumed a new dimension on Thursday as a member of the House, Mr. K.G.B. Oguakwa, said those found culpable risked being sentenced to a … read more
Nigeria is fighting a rare outbreak of a vaccine-derived form of polio, says the UN’s World Health Organization. It says 69 children in the north have caught the paralysing disease from others who had already been immunised. The WHO says … read more
Barely four months after the labour strike that grounded commercial activities, employees of Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), who are members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), have embarked on a strike action without any prior … read more
Dare-devil robbers took their audacity to the extreme in Katsina where they invaded the state�s police command headquarters and made away with N1 million cash. The hoodlums, who defied the presence of armed policemen within the office complex found their … read more
Kidnapped expatriates, baby freed in Ajaokuta read more
Forty eight hours after he was abducted a by yet to be identified militant group, the whereabout of blind octogenarian, Pa Jeffie Komonibo, who was seized at his Odi home in Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government area of Bayelsa State is still … read more