Nigeria on Monday dismissed a U.S. embassy warning of a possible attack on diplomatic missions in Lagos, saying there was no proof of any “terrorist activities” in the country. The U.S. embassy in Nigeria said on Sunday it had received … read more
on Sunday, gunmen attacked and destroyed a houseboat belonging to South Korean engineering firm Daewoo near Igbomotoru in neighbouring Bayelsa state, military spokesman Colonel Rabe Abubakar said. “The Daewoo house boat was in Igbomotoru (for workers) to lay pipelines belonging … read more
A major gas and condensate plant operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria has been shut down just eight days after it came online from a four-month shutdown, a Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RSDB) spokesman said Monday. The … read more
Many owners of buildings marked for demolition for the expansion of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway into a 10-lane dual carriageway may get no compensation after all, as there are indications that most affected structures are standing on government acquired land. Over … read more
Adamawa Police Command said yesterday that suspected armed robbers who were allegedly involved in the murder of a Lebanese, Tony Suleiman Saade, an employee of A.G Vision Construction Limited, have been arrested. Spokesperson of the Command, Ms Altine Daniel, told … read more
Leaders of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), have threatened to withdraw all their members from the Port-Harcourt port in Rivers State and shut down all port operations in the area as from tomorrow. They insisted that there would be … read more
The Attorney General of the federation, Michael Aondoakaa, is not telling Nigerians the truth about the Halliburton bribe scandal, NEXT on Sunday investigations into official response to the matter have revealed. But neither is the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, … read more
Given the continuing crisis in power supply throughout Nigeria, the decision by the House of Representatives to examine what happened to the N16 billion allocated by the two administrations of Olusegun Obasanjo to improve the generation, transmission and distribution of … read more
Nigerian gunmen kidnapped a British oil services worker in the southern city of Port Harcourt late on Sunday and shot dead one of the police officers escorting him, private security sources said on Monday. The British man was believed to … read more
The U.S. diplomatic mission in Nigeria said Sunday it had received reports of plans for a possible attack against its consulate in the southern city of Lagos. Officials said in a circular sent to U.S. citizens that Nigerian police had … read more