The Nigerian government plans to revoke Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s oil operating license in the restive Ogoni region of the Niger Delta, said a Nigerian official visiting The Hague on said Friday. “We are going to revoke Shell’s license to … read more
The United States Embassy in Nigeria yesterday opened the Abuja Consular Office with a call on Nigerians to avail themselves of a new window of opportunity for easy consular services. The US. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. John Campbell, stated: �The … read more
A medical doctor was among six people arrested by police in Maiduguri, north-east Nigeria, Saturday for selling new- born babies. The five accomplices were the doctor’s employees, Commissioner of Police in Maiduguri, Mohammed Abubakar, said. He said the doctor – … read more
Thirteen years after, former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), has for the umpteenth time, explained his role in the June 12, 1993 general elections, admitting that he cancelled, and did not annul the election adjudged to have been … read more
THE Police in Delta State, yesterday, denied burning the homes or looting the property of villagers at the troubled Afiesere community in Ughelli North local government area, saying that the villagers set the affected mud houses and shanties ablaze by … read more
THE five communities that make up Kou clan: Agge, Ogbeintu, Orobiri, Azamabiri and Amazor in Ekeremor local government area of Bayelsa state have tendered an apology for the kidnap of four foreign oil workers of Peak Petroleum by armed youths … read more
Muslims in the country have been asked to look out for the new moon of Ramadan tonight, which is the 29th Sha �ban 1427 A.H. Secretary-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Dr. Abdul-Lateef Adegbite, said in a statement that, … read more
As Nigeria’s president and vice president hurl charges of corruption at each other in a vicious public quarrel, Nigerians and foreign investors can only wonder what it all means for the future of Africa’s top oil producer. Ask Nigerians in … read more
POLICE in Rivers State say they have arrested six members of a deadly group allegedly behind major robberies in the state. Refusing to disclose their names, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Samuel Adetuyi who briefed newsmen on the development yesterday … read more
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Wednesday said the Nigerian Air Force Donier 228 that crashed and killed 12 Army Generals on Sunday was 23 years old. Director General of NCAA, Harold Demuren, said this in a paper he … read more