Aircraft manufacturers whose aged products are sold to local Nigerian airlines, some of which have been involved in air tradegies in the last one year, may have a case to answer in a US court judging from a reading of … read more
The Joint Task Force may have taken steps to beef up security in the Niger Delta as tension mounted over the order by militants on oil companies operating in the region to quit. Although the military authorities have not responded … read more
The Department for Transport has announced that from Monday 6 November, passengers may now carry a limited quantity of liquids, i.e. gels, lotions, pastes, liquid cosmetics, foams and foodstuffs in their hand baggage when going through UK airport security checkpoints. … read more
An oil production facility at Tebidaba in Nigeria’s southern state of Bayelsa was attacked in the early hours of Monday, government and security sources said. The Tebidaba region feeds crude oil to the Brass tanker terminal, which exports about 200,000 … read more
IN the last three weeks, Anambra State has been in the news on account of the impeachment move by some Anambra State lawmakers against Governor Peter Obi and his deputy, Dame Virginia Etiaba. The plot started precisely Monday, October 16, … read more
AS Alhaji Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja and Chief Christopher Alao-Akala continued to lay claim to the governorship of Oyo State after the Court of Appeal nullified Ladoja�s impeachment, Ibadan, literally, boiled, yesterday, as Alao-Akala�s deputy, Alhaji Azeez Gbolarumi, led a crowd … read more
The Joint Revolutionary Council, an umbrella platform for militants in the Niger Delta has declared this month as black November when they would attack all oil installations in the region within 72 hours. A statement to this effect, which was … read more
A local firm, Bundi Group of Companies, manufacturers of local HIV/AIDS test kits, has kicked against the Federal Government�s decision to import HIV kits worth N3. 7 billion, just as government has awarded the contract to Trinity Biotech of Dublin, … read more
Nigerian rights groups on Friday criticised the April 2007 timetable for presidential and parliamentary elections, saying the date was too close to the May 29 handover to a new government. Nigeria’s electoral agency, INEC, had fixed April 11 and April … read more
THE riddle surrounding the kidnap on Thursday of two expatriate oil workers may have been solved as the leadership of the Ezetu 1 community in Southern Ijaw Council of Bayelsa State has claimed responsibility. Although the whereabouts of the hostages, … read more