Ahead of President Olusegun Obasanjo�s visit to Rivers State on Tuesday, the state government on Sunday began the demolition of illegal structures along the major routes in the state capital. The officials of the state Ministry of Housing and Urban … read more
The Nigerian Navy said at the weekend that it was relocating its Basic Seaman Training School to Isaka, Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State to enable it check the activities of militants in the Niger Delta region. Isaka Town … read more
A gang of armed robbers attacked another commercial bank in Matori area of Lagos in the early hours of Sunday. This attack came barely a week after robbers raided four banks in the same area. However, no life was lost … read more
PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo will, Tuesday, commission the Independent Power Project of the Rivers State Government at Omoku. The project built at over 60 billion naira is to generate constant power for the state. Mr Magnus Abe, who spoke to newsmen … read more
LAGOS was yesterday rocked by another petroleum products pipeline explosion caused by vandals at Ije Ododo in Lagos.The vandals had tampered with the pipeline supplying petrol from Atlas Cove jetty to Ejigbo depot. Although some eyewitness claimed two persons lost … read more
The gunfire exchange last Wednesday, between Nigeria’s state security forces and militants holding seven expatriate oil workers, marked a watershed in the militant-government confrontation in the marshes of the Niger Delta. By the time the smoke cleared, four people lay … read more
The Federal Government on Friday said it was averse to skyrocketing oil prices because of plans by some countries to dump oil and go for other sources of energy. The Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Edmund Daukoru revealed this … read more
The steady slump in power generation reached all-time low in the past two weeks in the Lagos area where the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) is struggling to supply a trickle 200 megawatts of electricity. This has plunged the … read more
Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Charles Soludo yesterday advocated the amendment of the Constitution to the extent that revenues accruing from oil will be �appropriately� managed. He made this call as the CBN disclosed that the nation�s gross … read more
FIVE days after an uncompleted three-storey building collapsed in Ajao Estate in Lagos, rescue workers yesterday recovered three trapped bodies. Some relations of the victims who were at the scene of the incident, expressed dissatisfaction over the slow rescue operation. … read more