“I have never seen this kind of crowd before, not in the rain,” former Ogun State Governor, Segun Osoba, said on Wednesday at the launch of the Lagos chapter of the Action Congress (AC), the country�s latest mega party. We … read more
PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) wants government and other stakeholders in the country to find a lasting solution to the violence in the Niger Delta and pipeline vandalisation across the country. Speaking at the opening … read more
THE Independent National Electoral Commission in Akwa Ibom State has declared that there would be no registration of voters and general elections in communities that experience general insecurity and threat to peace. The state�s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prince Adedeji Soyebi … read more
TWENTY-ONE Ambassadors of European Union (EU) member countries in Nigeria met yesterday in Abuja for several hours with the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Edmund Daukoru, the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), … read more
Traffic situation on the busy Lekki-Epe Expressway worsened on Monday due to a downpour in the early hours of the day. Some motorists who were on their way to their offices, were caught in the gridlock, which lasted for hours. … read more
No fewer than 5,000 residents of Ngbuoba and Nkpolu-Rumuigbo communities in Obio/Akpo Local Government Area of Rivers State have been sacked, following the overflowing of Ohiamini stream, which flooded many homes in the area. The water level in worst of … read more
A new interconnect regime has been approved by the board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for telecom operators. The move according to NCC, signals the beginning of the possible reduction of the mobile phone calls in the country. “It … read more
Nigeria accused a top U.S. State Department diplomat of disrespecting the African country’s leadership on Wednesday after she dismissed a high-level corruption feud as political muckraking. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer was reported as saying a … read more
Shell Petroleum Develop-ment Company of Nigeria (SPDC) yesterday stated that it was still battling to put out a fire ravaging its oil well in southern Rivers State, more than one month after. The fire on Yorla Well �13, located in … read more
BANK robbers went on the prowl in Lagos and Port Harcourt, yesterday, killing 10 people, eight of them policemen, in two operations. But it was the police who had the upper hands in a separate encounter with robbers in Benin, … read more