SHELL Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) weekend, expressed concern over the existence of militant camps around its Floating Production Storage Off-Loading vessel (FPSO) , otherwise known as the Sea Eagle ( E.A) Oil Field in Bayelsa State as well as threats … read more
TROOPS of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Restore Hope, yesterday announced intensified efforts towards the arrest of a notorious militant leader, Mr. Woki Godswill Ibralayu, alias Kitikata, accusing him of leading an armed attack on a commercial boat along … read more
Lagos teachers have suspended their strike action over the state government’s inability to pay the previously agreed 27.5% pay increase. The teachers had resumed their strike on 25 February 2009, following the state government’s refusal to effect the increase. The … read more
Nigeria’s cabinet has rejected reforms that would have empowered the judiciary to pick the chairman and board members of the electoral commission. President Umaru Yar’Adua’s cabinet insisted he should retain those powers. Democracy activists called the decision a U-turn and … read more
Foreign investors interested in coming into Nigeria to invest in the various sectors of the nation’s economy have been urged to always pass through the proper channel rather than cutting corners. The danger inherent in such adventure is that genuine … read more
No fewer than five persons were yesterday killed at Ekowe, Oporoma/Peremabiri and Ogbia communities of Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State when youths of the communities clashed with some suspected militants who kidnapped the son of the … read more
The Federal Government plans to provide about three millions jobs in the next three years to cater for the rising cases of joblessness, especially among the youths across the federation. The Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Alhaji Abba Ruma … read more
The rivalry between erstwhile friends turned enemies heated up yesterday when America’s Forbes’ magazine released its latest list of World’s richest with Femi Otedola joining Aliko Dangote who debuted last year as the only Nigerians on the billionaire club. While … read more
Faced with dwindling oil production due to the rising violence in Nigeria’s Niger Delta oil region, Anglo Dutch oil giant Shell has fired 1,800 workers as part of its strategy to stay afloat, local newspapers reported on Wednesday. ”I can … read more
Homosexuals in Nigeria protested against making same-sex marriage a crime, saying that it is a violation of their fundamental human rights. They say they have constitutional right to live and associate freely in a democratic country. The new law would … read more