POLICE in Plateau State have arrested some residents of Dong village in Jos North Local Government Area for exhuming and consuming bird flu-infected chickens. The chairman, Sub-committee on Sanitation and Transportation of the Plateau State Bird Flu Committee, Mr. Joseph … read more
The Nigerian Navy has assured Nigerians that it would not abdicate her duties of protecting the waterways of the country including the Niger Delta creeks, which have recently become a theatre of battle and other illegalities. Speaking when he toured … read more
Reuters) – Nigeria has approved 19.5 billion naira ($151.3 million) in funding to improve safety at its airports, which was called into question by two major crashes late last year, the aviation minister said on Thursday. Babalola Borishade told reporters … read more
Clearing agents have threatened to go on strike within the next 24 hours because of what they described as the current cumbersome inspection regime and extortions by some government agencies at the ports. The head of special duties of the … read more
A fresh oil spill has occurred in Ogoniland, Rivers State, when a pipeline belonging to Shell burst between Dio, in Tai Local Government and Dere Local Government. President of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni, Barrister Ledum Mitee, in … read more
A few days after being released by militants in Nigeria, the American hostage, Cody Oswalt, was taken into custody again this time for allegedly looting $210 worth of lawn furniture from a store. Oswalt, 23, was arrested about 2 a.m. … read more
As the crises in the Niger Delta region continue to attract attention worldwide, oil and gas companies doing business in the area have been advised to emphasize community needs in their programmes to avoid incurring the wrath of their host … read more
My driver and I were attacked without warning at about 8:45 Monday morning on Bill Clinton Dr. from the Abuja airport about 500m before the T-junction by four armed robbers. Multiple shots were fired at me and my driver. I … read more
The Federal Government has said that it will not bow to the pressure by militants in the Niger Delta to release the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and the Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, … read more
Rivers State Government has taken a major step towards checking the problem of ghost workers in its civil service by acquiring a new Photo Electronic Fingerprint Identification System (PFEIS). The state governor, Dr Peter Odili, who commissioned the equipment at … read more