NITEL management yesterday in Abuja, appealed to its striking workers to reconsider their current strike, especially the shutting down of the SAT-3 network cable. This was contained in a statement signed by Deputy General Manager (Communi-cations), Malam Sule Shehu, a … read more
Textile workers on Wednesday in Kaduna raised the alarm that the industry was on the brinks of complete collapse. The National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) declared in Kaduna that textile companies had dropped from … read more
The dust raised by the mysterious “goat” that was paraded last week by the Kwara State Police Command as a suspect in an attempt to steal a Mazda car in Ilorin appeared not to be over as the goat has … read more
Gunmen shot dead a young girl and abducted her brother as they walked to school in the southern Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt on Thursday, a police spokeswoman said. Gunmen in a car opened fire as they kidnapped the … read more
The Catholic priest who was abducted on Sunday evening in Rivers state in Nigeria’s Niger Delta oil region has been freed unharmed by his abductors, the police said Thursday. Rev. Father Pius Kii of the Christ the King Catholic parish … read more
ANOTHER step was taken yesterday by the Lagos State government in its determination to free the former federal capital of traffic gridlock and enhance security of lives and property. But this time, it was a collective decision of stakeholders as … read more
DESPITE the statement from the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, that President Umaru Yar’Adua began his leave on Monday and that the Vice President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, would be the acting president for the … read more
Ateke Tom-led Niger Delta Vigilante and Niger Delta Patriotic Force, have given the kidnappers of Reverend Father Pius Kii to return him within 48 hours or face dire consequence. The ultimatum was contained a in statement signed by spokesman for … read more
Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State narrowly escaped attack Monday, when a team of mobile police men and soldiers attached to him forced suspected armed robbers to beat a retreat at Elele, a border community between Rivers and Bayelsa State … read more
The increasing spate of kidnap of workers of Total Oil continued in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as one Ngozi Ile, a worker with the oil giant was in the early hours of Sunday kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The kidnappers are … read more