Despite intensified effo-rts to curb malaria in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa the tropical scourge could be contributing to the spread of HIV in the sub region by making carriers more likely to pass it on to their sexual partners. Scientists … read more
Determined to protect the country�s waterways against internal and external forces, the Nigerian Navy has deployed 16 combat ships which are also capable of securing oil facilities in the Niger Delta Region. The vessels which include four fast attack crafts, … read more
HENCEFORTH, foreign ambassadors coming to Nigeria will no longer enjoy diplomatic immunity as the rare privilege has finally been withdrawn by the Federal Government. The new tough stance by the government of Nigeria against the incoming diplomats is aimed at … read more
The State Security Service says it has finished investigating the alleged attempt by one Mr. Michael Dickson to load a consignment of explosives on an Abuja-bound flight at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos on November 18, 2006. The Minister of … read more
Workers of Agip Oil Nigeria limited injured in the raid of their facility in Brass, have been flown to the company�s clinic in Port Harcourt for medical attention Information available to THISDAY shows that while the whereabouts of the expatriates … read more
Oil majors led by Total have suspended importation of petroleum products into the country, sparking fears of an imminent fuel scarcity. The marketers are protesting the Federal Government�s non-payment of arrears of the Petroleum Support Fund amounting to N17.48bn. Products … read more
Gunmen attacked a southern Nigerian oil export terminal belonging to a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni SpA early Thursday, taking three Italians and a Lebanese hostage and killing another person, officials said. The main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-rich delta claimed … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) rose from a meeting in Warri, Delta State, yesterday warning Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Military President Ibrahim Babangida, South-south governors, among other Presidential aspirants, to forget about ruling the country. … read more
THE newly commissioned N50 billion Omoku gas turbine project in Rivers State has come under the searchlight of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which has invited some officials of the state government and Rockson Engineering, the firm that … read more
MEND STATEMENT AM 8TH Dec 2006 Today December 7, 2006 from 0600hrs to 0800hrs, fighters of the movement from the emancipation of the Niger delta, attacked and destroyed the AGIP installation in brass in the Niger delta. This attack was … read more