THE Federal Government, on the second day of its meeting with leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, admitted that its planned deregulation of the downstream sub-sector of the petroleum industry will lead to an increase in the pump … read more
Nigeria will receive a $300 million loan from the World Bank to help develop its dilapidated power sector, a major hinderance to economic growth in Africa’s most populous nation, a government official said on Wednesday. Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council gave … read more
Oil companies operating in Nigeria won’t be allowed to flare gas from the end of this year, said Nigerian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Bagudu Hirse. The West African nation needs the gas to meet demand for power generation … read more
At least 800 barrels of oil is oozing unfettered daily in Odidi, an area in the western Delta region. This has been going on for over two months and the spill is causing massive pollution in the area. The spillage … read more
REACTIONS have continued to trail the abduction of Nkem Owoh by some unidentified gunmen on Monday afternoon along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. Owoh, who is popularly referred to as Osuofia, a role he played in one of his early films, … read more
THE Nigerian Navy Command, on Tuesday, alerted that it had uncovered secret plans by some disgruntled individuals led by one Commodore Benson Edema to destabilise the country. It said that the group had allegedly been recruiting and training some youths … read more
THE United States government has endorsed the current effort by the Federal Government to deregulate the downstream sub-sector of the oil industry but insisted that there was need for government to deal with the issue of corruption even as the … read more
FIERCE looking armed robbers in the early hours of yesterday killed two Mobile Policemen in Port Harcourt and disappeared with their riffles. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs Rita Inoma Abbey, who con-firmed the development to Vanguard, said the … read more
The annual ritual that sees Nigerians, especially those from the eastern part of the country, travelling to their villages at Christmas, may suffer a blow this year as the increased wave of kidnapping across the country is raising panic levels. … read more
Nigeria has enhanced surveillance at its borders and international airports to monitor all entries into the country after a nine-year-old American girl tested positive in the south western city of Lagos. Lagos state minister for health Jide Idris said Monday … read more