The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has said that over 5000 cases of willful act of pipeline vandalism were recorded at the end of 2010 nationwide. The Managing Director of Pipeline Product and Marketing Company, PPMC, marketing and distribution arm … read more
No fewer than five people, including a child and two soldiers have been killed in separate shootings and bomb blasts in Nigeria’s north eastern Borno and north central Kogi states, local media reported here Sunday. Suspected members of the dreaded … read more
The U.S Coast Guard Warship donated to the Nigeria Navy on May 13 will depart for Nigeria from Alameda, California on Monday. The vessel, which is designed as a high endurance cutter with a crossing range of 9,600 miles at … read more
WHEN news breaks in Nigeria, Omoyele Sowore is there. His Web news operation was the first to publish a photo of the Nigeria-born “underwear bomber” arrested in December 2009, and when a suicide bombing this summer shook a United Nations … read more
Security fears kept Nigeria’s president from attending his party’s gubernatorial primary on Saturday in his home state that has been tainted by an escalating row over the incumbent governor’s exclusion from running. Security was unusually tight for a local vote … read more
The Leadership of Military Pensioners in the South South region has threatened to blow up pipelines and disrupt the peace of the area if the Federal Government refuses to commence the payment of the 53 percent pension arrears owed them … read more
Confusion, disbelief and bewilderment hit the ancient town of Kabba, in Kogi State, following the invasion of the area by some gun men, bombing a police station and a bank in the process. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY reliably gathered that the tragic … read more
Security issues, ranging from the Boko Haram attacks to the discovery of a large cache of arms and ammunition, and the debates for and against the removal of oil subsidy were the main stories in Nigeria this week. ‘Boko Haram … read more
The United States embassy in Nigeria has denied that it is sending troops to combat Boko Haram militants in the North of Nigeria. Yesterday, SaharaReporters reported that a covert operation by US Special Forces aimed at fighting the militants is … read more
Gunmen stormed a ship supplying a Chevron Corp. offshore oil field, kidnapping three workers in an attack raising concerns over a possible unraveling amnesty deal in the crude-rich nation, authorities said Friday. The attack happened Thursday night near Chevron’s massive … read more