“We have resumed operation at the Cawthorne Channel in the eastern Niger Delta. Some 18,000 barrels per day are now fully restored,\” the spokesman told AFP. He said some 9,000 barrels are still shut in at the Ekulama 1 flow-station … read more
Attackers overran a Nigerian navy base early Tuesday, taking several troops hostage, and occupied a nearby oil facility belonging to a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, a police official said. No deaths have been reported, said Hafiz Ringim, police … read more
We have received information about a recent increase in the incidence of robbery along Kingsway just prior to the 3rd mainland bridge, these robberies have taken place around 0430 hrs and have involved the use vehicles to block traffic – … read more
Humanitarian work by youths on the collapsed building on Ibadan Street, Ebute Metta, Lagos � after the government failed to act � paid off on Saturday evening as a man was rescued alive. They swung into action earlier in the … read more
The impeachment typhoon sweeping across Ekiti and Plateau states will not stop until it consumes many more governors in the black blook of President Olusegun Obasanjo, says impeached Bayelsa governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. Speaking with Daily Sun late last week … read more
The cost of operations of airlines operating in Nigeria may soon reduce with the establishment of hangars in the country by aircraft maintenance organisations (AMOs). When they fully begin operations, the AMO, of which Nigeria presently has four, could save … read more
Rivers State Deputy Governor, Sir Gabriel Toby, has called on the Nigerian Air Force to give more premium to its operations in the Niger Delta, in view of its air power which is strategic in securing the water ways and … read more
The implementation of the policy on 100 per cent local production of cement will now take effect from December 2007, the Minister for Industry, Amb. Fidelis Tapgun, has said. Tapgun said this in an interview at the weekend in Abuja … read more
About 11 persons died in two different incidents in Ogoni and Eleme both in Rivers State during pipeline vandalisation incident and inter-cult clashes. In Ogale Eleme, Eleme Local Government area of the state, six persons were confirmed dead while the … read more
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) is to introduce terminal navigation charges by January 2007, Mr Roland Iyayi, Managing Director of NAMA, has said. The implementation would ensure that airline operators and other users of navigational aids pay for the … read more