Major contractors handling federal government projects in five oil producing states of the Niger Delta and another non-oil bearing state in the South East, have abandoned their projects because of rising cases of insecurity and youth restiveness in the areas. … read more
THE Lagos State Police Command, in its effort to reduce crime in the metropolis, said it has carried out a six-day crime fighting operation, leading to the arrest of 640 suspected armed robbers and a number of arms and ammunition. … read more
The Education Secretary of Aba South Local Government Education Authority in Abia, Mrs. Ejindu Ejindu, on Friday narrowly escaped death when a bomb exploded in her office. The blast, which occurred around 1.30 p.m., shattered parts of her office, situated … read more
Kidnappers operating from Anambra River and River-Niger axis of Onitsha, Thursday evening, abducted seven men working for a local dredging company at Onitsha end of the River-Niger. Anambra State Police Commissioner, Mr. Oliver Osuchukwu, comfirmed the incident. He identified the … read more
United States President George Walker Bush has nominated a senior Foreign Service career diplomat, Ms. Robin Renee Sanders, as the new United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Nigeria. Our correspondent gathered from a listing by the US Senate on … read more
A top U.S. Energy Department official will visit Nigeria next week in an effort to help to resolve ongoing instability in the petroleum-producing country. Violence in Nigeria – the fourth-biggest exporter of crude to the U.S. – has cut crude … read more
Four former governors were on Friday charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission with allegedly laundering several billions of naira belonging to their respective states. The ex-governors are Joshua Dariye (Plateau); Saminu Turaki (Jigawa); Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia) and … read more
The two-year-old son of a Nigerian chief has been freed a day after being kidnapped by gunmen in the oil capital, Port Harcourt. Samuel Amadi, son of Iriebe Chief Eze Francis Amadi, was seized as he was being driven to … read more
Nigeria’s most prominent oil militant leader has held his first talks with the new government and promised to help end the violence in the Niger Delta. Mujahid Dokubo-Asari met Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan in the capital, Abuja, after a call for … read more
Nigeria’s anti-corruption police arrested two former state governors on Wednesday, a bombshell in a country where politicians have looted public funds with impunity for decades. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said Orji Kalu and Saminu Turaki were answering … read more