The first case of H5N1 bird flu in Africa is likely to be followed quickly by others, creating a “very severe situation”, the UN’s top expert says. Dr David Nabarro of the World Health Organizaton (WHO) told the BBC the … read more
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers has served a notice to embark on a nationwide strike from Monday. The NUPENG made this known in a statement titled, �Looming Industrial Crisis,� in Warri on Tuesday. The statement was … read more
Survivors of the Feb. 4, 2005 Niger Delta massacre by Nigerian military special forces and police, paid by oil giant Chevron Corp. and its subsidiary, Chevron Nigeria Ltd., filed a civil action Monday, Feb. 6, 2006, against the oil conglomerate … read more
NIGERIA’S future, especially next year’s presidential elections, has continued to feature widely in official and diplomatic circles in both the United States (U.S.) and Britain. However, both western governments have resolved to adopt different strategies to achieve the same goal: … read more
Farms in northern Nigeria are destroying thousands of chickens that have died in the past few days as laboratories seek to determine the cause of the deaths, authorities said on Tuesday. Researchers at two laboratories testing samples from the dead … read more
Nigerian MPs cheered in the northern majority Muslim state of Kano as Danish and Norwegian flags were burned in a ceremony in the parliament premises. The flags were torched to show disapproval of the publication in Denmark and Norway of … read more
“My attention has recently been drawn to an ensuing trend of misuse and abuse in the implementation of the Monetisation Policy as it pertains to use of pool vehicles. A number of Ministers, Special Advisers and Permanent Secretaries have allocated … read more
CONTRARY to widespread speculations, the Federal Government has stated that it did not negotiate any terms with the militiamen for the release of four expatriate oil workers in the Niger Delta. Rather, the government says it only showed the militiamen … read more
An oil refinery in the southern Nigerian port city of Warri has been shut down because of damage to its crude oil supply pipeline, a company spokesman said Sunday. The spokesman said the refinery, which has a daily production capacity … read more
Policemen yesterday engaged some youths of Auchi town in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, suspected to be involved in the vandalisation of pipelines owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in a clash, leading to the … read more