(AP) Attackers vandalized an oil installation run by a French oil company in Nigeria’s restive southern region, a company spokeswoman said Monday. No injuries or kidnappings were reported. Total spokeswoman Patricia Marie said an unknown number of people “intruded” Sunday … read more
Gunmen dynamited the front gate of a residential compound in southern Nigeria on Saturday and kidnapped three Indians in an attack that left one Nigerian dead, the military said. Security forces intervened before seven other Indian nationals could be taken … read more
PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday said he would have secured tenure extension if he had really wanted it �because I would have prayed to God and He would have answered me� Speaking in Abuja at the valedictory edition of his radio … read more
Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria`s Vice President-elect and outgoing Governor of south-eastern Bayelsa state, has described the dynamite attack on his country home by unknown gunmen Tuesday night as politically motivated “minor incident”. “It is the price we all have to pay … read more
Hostage-takers have released a toddler, its nanny and a driver kidnapped four days ago in Nigeria’s oil-rich south, police said today. Rivers state Police Commissioner Felix Ogbaudu said the three were released yesterday, four days after being snatched in a … read more
All workers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its affiliates have been directed to, come to work on Monday clad in red outfits as a way of expressing their angst over the sale of the Port Harcourt and … read more
ELEVEN days in a hideaway in the creek where they are being watched over by armed militants, the four American oil workers who were kidnapped by Niger-Delta Freedom Fighters (Egbema One) say they, totally, understand now, the reason why militants … read more
Nigerian unions have called for a two-day strike on May 28-29 to protest against widespread vote-rigging in last month’s elections, union leaders said on Thursday. The strike, which will coincide with the inauguration of president-elect Umaru Yar’Adua on May 29, … read more
A Sharia court in Nigeria’s north-eastern Bauchi State has sentenced a man to death for raping two teenage girls, local press reports say. “For your action, you will be stoned to death as ordained by Allah,” presiding judge Aliyu Mohammad … read more
BARELY 24 hours after the British High Commission reeled out new visa rules, the United States (US) embassy yesterday gave clarifications on changes it has made with respect to acquiring an American visa. The changes border on national security and … read more