As part of measures to reduce the rate of deaths on the nation�s highways, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) is now to clamp down on motorcyclists and their passengers who do not wear crash helmets nation-wide. The commission said … read more
AN illegal oil bunkering site at Okpare River in Okpare community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State has exploded, leaving one of the bunkerers and a trader seriously burnt, while canoes, containers, pumping machines, hose and other tools … read more
A CALL for caution was at the weekend made by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) over the travail of its spokesman, Mr. Henry Okah, who may be charged with sponsoring a failed coup in Equitorial … read more
Trouble is not yet over for a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, as the Metropolitan Police have made a formal request to the Federal Government for his extradition to the United Kingdom. Ms Neil Coyte of the … read more
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt would today hear the application brought by former governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili against the Econommic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC). The court could not sit last Friday when the matter was … read more
Nigeria is predicted to earn not less than $50bn from the Olokola Liquefied Gas project when it becomes fully operational. The Managing Director of British Gas, Dr. Arshad Sufi, and company�s General Manager Commercial and Business, Mr. Femi Bajomo, disclosed … read more
The factional leader of a powerful Nigerian rebel group in the oil-producing Niger Delta is being detained in Angola on arms trafficking charges, his wife told Reuters on Saturday. The arrest on Sept. 3 of Henry Okah, who heads a … read more
Vice President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday hosted the first exploratory meeting to kick start the process for holding the Niger Delta Summit. The meeting had the Ogoni ethnic nationality in attendance. The Ogonis at the meeting endorsed the federal government’s comprehensive … read more
President Umaru YarAdua and other top Nigerian government officials will be in New York on Sunday where they will attend United Nations General Assembly meetings, Empowered Newswire has reported. Yar’Adua who is making his first official trip to both the … read more
STRONG opposition is coming from state governments and tax consultants against the call by the Joint Tax Board (JTB) on the governments to stop the use of tax consultants to generate internal revenues. Indeed, the tax consulting firms, said to … read more