Indications have emerged that oil giant Shell is planning to quit Nigeria and 19 other African nations this year. Realignments are already in the offing following reports that the oil dealer is planning to quit 20 African countries. Shell had … read more
THE young Nigerian accused of attempting to bomb a transatlantic airliner on Christmas Day aquired the explosives used in the failed attack over Detroit during a stop-over in Lagos, Nigeria, Yemeni government claimed, on Thursday. Yemen’s deputy prime minister, Rashad … read more
The fear that the amnesty programme of the Federal Government would end with the administration of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and therefore lack sustainability has been described as the greatest threat to it which necessitates a law backing it up. … read more
Allies of Nigeria’s ailing president forged his signature on the country’s supplementary budget last month, opposition politicians have alleged. They have written to the police asking them to investigate the forgery claims. The government said President Umaru Yar’Adua signed the … read more
A young Nigerian was Wednesday charged with attempted murder and trying to use a weapon of mass destruction aboard a US plane, as under-fire security chiefs vowed to revamp intelligence services. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, was indicted on six counts … read more
Ailing Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua, who has been in hospital overseas for the past six weeks, has spoken to the vice president and heads of parliament, a government minister and state governor said. It was not clear what was discussed … read more
The Bayelsa State office of oil giant, Chevron, along Imgbi Road, Yenagoa, was shut Wednesday by irate youths protesting the alleged signing of a Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) in Port Harcourt instead of Yenagoa. They also threatened to shut … read more
On Wednesday in Abuja, Governors who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held a “solidarity” meeting with Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, after which they declared that they do not know when President Umaru Yar’Adua would return from Saudi … read more
Amnesty International has accused Shell Nigeria of human rights abuses, spreading pollution and other crimes against corporate responsibility (CSR). It provoked Paul Holmes, editor and publisher of The Holmes Report, to argue that companies will and should be held to … read more
THE Chevron -owned multi-million naira Escravos-Gas-To-Liquid (EGTL) project in Warri South West local government area of Delta State Monday evening ran into troubled waters, as trigger happy soldiers shot dead three workers and severely injured others for yet undisclosed reasons. … read more