THERE were strong indications yesterday that the removal of primary radar from the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON) project may have adverse effect on the operations of air traffic controllers. Some air traffic controllers who spoke with The Guardian … read more
A barge carrying 13,500 metric tones of fuel, belonging to Marine Services (M.R.S) Oil and Gas was in the early hours of yesterday attacked by pirates who operated in Lagos offshore. Six crew members of the MRS barge, were seriously … read more
Nigeria’s most prominent armed militant group Monday said it will keep two Italian oil workers it has taken hostage incommunicado until their eventual release, which is “a long way from now”. “Without a doubt, the Italians will be held incommunicado … read more
Two Italian oil workers who were abducted last week in Nigeria’s restive Niger Delta region have been released, Nigerian and Italian officials announced Monday. Lucio Moro and Luciano Passarin, both employees of the Italian construction group Impregilo who were taken … read more
The Niger Delta Development Commission has reprimanded oil and gas companies for refusing to remit three per cent of their annual earnings to it. The commission alleged that most of the oil and gas companies deliberately refused to pay the … read more
Nigerian senators have accused Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who wants to run for president in elections in April, of diverting $145 million of public funds toward private companies, a Senate report showed Tuesday. The report backs up some of the … read more
The director of U.S. intelligence warned Tuesday of instability in Nigeria amid concern that outgoing President Olusegun Obasanjo is manipulating the political process ahead of April’s elections. Mike McConnell, who laid out global threats facing the United States for a … read more
Rival Nigerian politicians are arming militias in advance of April elections, in hopes of rigging the outcome and gaining control of millions in oil revenue at stake. Violence already has risen dramatically since the beginning of the year in this … read more
Rivers State Police Command on Saturday deployed no fewer than 250 riot policemen in Ogoni community to quell rising tension and killings resulting from communal conflict. The riot policemen, backed by an Armoured Personnel Carrier, took off from the state … read more
Gunmen suspected to be militants from the Niger Delta struck in Akwa Ibom State on Friday and abducted the Chairrman of Ikot Abasi Local Government Area, Mr. Aniefiok Ekong. The militants were said to have accosted Ekong along Abak-Uyo Road … read more