Unknown gunmen on Friday afternoon, 9 July 10, in Uvwie council area of Delta State abducted Mr. Rilwanu Momodu, the Senior Community Engagement Officer of Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, to an unknown destination. He was alleged to have been kidnapped … read more
Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, is not leaving anything to chance in his aspiration to be President in 2011, as he deploys strategists into conducting surveys to test his popularity. The former Nigerian leader has also been moving from … read more
The Lagos State government has paid N1.7 billion compensation to those whose houses and landed properties were demolished along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway currently undergoing reconstruction. Land Bureau Permanent Secretary, Mr. Gbanga Ashafa, disclosed this at a briefing at the state … read more
The Minister of National Planning, Dr Shamsudden Usman, said in Abuja, on Thursday, that four development partners had donated 80 million dollars in support of the country’s democratic governance and development. Usman, who is also the deputy chairman of the … read more
Indications are that the embattled former Deputy Governor, Peremobowei Ebebi, may have technically abandoned his office despite the confusion over the ruling by Justice Sulieman Galadima of the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt that the status quo should remain … read more
Former head of the Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, Taiwo Ogunjobi, has stated that he is yet to be formally invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his alleged involvement in the alleged fraud within … read more
Shell has begun production at a major project in Nigeria that should eventually provide up to 70,000 barrels of oil per day and help boost electricity for the power-starved nation, it said Wednesday. The Anglo-Dutch company, whose facilities are often … read more
Main One Cable, a submarine cable company offering broadband capacity in West Africa on Tuesday in Lagos, announced the completion and commissioning of its 1, 920 Gbps, 7000 kilometres long, submarine fibre optic cable system linking West Africa to Europe. … read more
Nigeria’s president has said the hundreds of posts on his Facebook page helped persuade him to reverse his suspension of the national football team from international competition. “I have listened to your voices,” Goodluck Jonathan said in a posting on … read more
Gunmen kidnapped 12 foreign sailors after attacking a cargo ship in the waters off the coast of Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region, a Nigerian navy officer said Saturday. “The attack took place some time last evening and only one ship … read more