RIVERS State government has released the names of 25 waterfronts in Port Harcourt, which will be flattened when government bulldozers roll into the areas to crumble the shanties in December. In an exclusive interview with Sunday Vanguard in Port Harcourt, … read more
FORMER Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, is to appear in a London court tomorrow, October 1, over his frozen assets by the British authorities. Indications are also rife that Delta State Elders have secured the service of a British … read more
The Lagos State Government has concluded arrangements to clamp down on 68 health institutions in the state that have been operating below prescribed standards. The decision was the outcome of a recent assessment carried out by an inspection agency set … read more
The Nigerian Navy, has recorded breakthrough in the war against illegal oil operations in the Niger Delta as it impounded two ocean – going boats containing 150,000 metric tonnes of condensate. Condensate is a highly inflammable by-product of crude oil. … read more
Italian oil company Saipem is negotiating with the kidnappers of a Colombian employee who was seized in Nigeria this week, the hostage’s daughter said Saturday. Colombian engineer Libardo Valderrama and a Filipino colleague were kidnapped Thursday when gunmen attacked a … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has denied carrying out Thursday�s attack on Saipem, an Italian oil service company during which a Colombian was killed and two other expatriates and a Nigerian kidnapped. MEND said, �Some … read more
Former governors acc-used of corruption by the Economic and Fin-ancial Crimes Com-mission (EFCC) will have to squarely face the law, as the Presidency has no plans to interfere in the judicial process, President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua has said. In an … read more
Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, has urged foreign investors to invest in the Niger Delta region, which he argued now experiences relative peace owing to efforts by regional and the federal governments. The governor also called on stakeholders in the … read more
Rivers State government may resort to legal action against Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, over his unrelenting criticism and allegations against the Celestine Omehia administration. A source in Government House, Port Harcourt, said the administration had become “very uncomfortable” with … read more
Gunmen disguised as soldiers killed a Colombian oil worker and abducted two other foreigners in Nigeria on Thursday in a raid on the construction yard of oil services company Saipem, authorities said. The raid follows a threat on Sunday by … read more