Nigeria�s well endowed oil and gas basin, the Niger Delta, has been on the front burner of national and international discourse in recent years. The reason for this is not far-fetched. For the country�s treasure trove, it has been a … read more
Nigeria’s navy has retired 10 officers, including a rear admiral, because of evidence they were involved in smuggling stolen crude oil, the chief of navy staff was reported as saying by the official news agency. Nigeria is the world’s eighth … read more
The former Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, on Friday regained his freedom, as the Nigerian Prison Service released him at 3pm. Though the details of his release were not available as at press time, the ex-governor was said to … read more
Officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Ondo State have confiscated some drugs from a number of pharmaceutical shops. The drugs were donated to the Federal Government by the United Nations Children�s Fund to … read more
Total has announced that its operating subsidiary in Nigeria, Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited (EPNL), has signed an agreement with Nigeria�s Conoil Producing Limited to acquire a 40% interest in offshore Oil Mining Lease (OML) 136. Conoil holds the remaining 60% … read more
Gunmen stormed Holy Rosary Girls Secondary School in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital and shoot dead a senior teacher, Mr. Sunday Egba. Eyewitnesses at the secondary school told The Guardian that the teacher who was preparing to leave the … read more
KIDNAPPERS of the toddler, Master St. Michael Steward, have demanded an undisclosed amount as ransom for the release of the child. Michael, the son of a Rivers State legislator, Mrs. Linda Steward, was abducted from a private school, Tantua International … read more
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has announced his cabinet, almost three months after he was elected. Four members from his predecessor’s administration have been given key positions, suggesting Olusegun Obasanjo will still be influential. In the new line-up, the president will … read more
A FEDERAL High Court in Lagos yesterday sentenced former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Solomon Alamieyeseigha, to a two-year imprisonment. But the embattled former Air Force chief declared that he was never impeached from office and accused former President Olusegun … read more
The new president of Nigeria is urging the country to embrace nuclear power, although his own nuclear watchdog is struggling to track the radioactive materials already in use here. “We need to develop the capacity to utilize nuclear power for … read more