In what could be the first of its kind since the menace of kidnapping in Nigeria, a 23-year-old university undergraduate has been killed two weeks after her kidnap and despite the fact that the father had reportedly paid a N10 … read more
Slight flight delays were experienced by some local airlines at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos on Wednesday, as the scarcity of JET A1, also known as aviation fuel, hits airiline operators. The Assistant General Secretary, Airlines Operators of Nigeria, Alhaji … read more
AS part of the preparedness of the government against the swine influenza, which is ravaging developed countries, the Federal Ministry of Health has asked that sensitisation activities and surveillance be put up in all states of the federation. The ministry, … read more
34 year old Matthew Maguire from Birkenhead, was among 27 oil workers kidnapped by militants back in September 2008. The following is an interview given by his father. read more
Unidentified gunmen launched an attack on Nigeria’s Joint Task Force (JTF) at Bregede in Bonny Local Government Area in Rivers State, security sources reported on Thursday. The gunmen suspected of links to militants operating in oil rich southeast Niger Delta … read more
THE Ekiti State gubernatorial re-run polls got messier yesterday as the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Olusola Ayoka Adebayo, resigned her appointment and went underground on the excuse that she could not allow pressures from interested parties to the election … read more
Six militants, suspected to be members of Asari Dokubo’s Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), were killed during an exchange of gunfire between them and men of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) at Samaa Community in Asari Toru Local … read more
The swine flu epidemic that first hit Mexico before spreading to the United States of America, the Middle East, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region, has prompted the Federal government to direct that all aircraft and ships arriving the country … read more
Akwa Ibom State Government said yesterday it had taken possession of 186 oil wells wrongly ceded to some neighbouring states by previous administrations in the country. Governor Godswill Akpabio, who disclosed this in Uyo said by the gesture of the … read more
A Canadian woman kidnapped over a week ago in northern Nigeria has been released, police say. Julie Mulligan, 45, was seized from a car by gunmen in the city of Kaduna on 16 April. “She is in good health and … read more