Workers in the country’s oil and gas industry yesterday rejected the N5 reduction in the pump price of petrol approved by the Federal Government, describing it as “a calculated ploy to hoodwink Nigerians in order to introduce full deregulation of … read more
The Nigerian Army said yesterday that following unending threats by militants who obstruct construction and developmental projects especially roads and bridges in the Niger Delta, it had sent in proposals to the new ministry of the Niger Delta as well … read more
AMERICAN investigators have detected a pattern of foreign firms using bogus business consultants to facilitate bribery and corruption abroad, including Nigeria, where official sources indicated that most of the over 100 cases being probed by the U.S. government are found. … read more
Gunmen on Tuesday siezed and later freed a Lebanese construction worker in southwestern Nigeria’s oil-rich state of Delta, the military said. “He was abducted by unknown gunmen at the company construction site in Ekpan, Warri,” Colonel Rabe Abubakar, the military … read more
AN estimated 60 million Nigerians now own power generating sets for their electricity, while the same number of people spend a staggering N1.56 trillion ($13.35m ) to fuel them annually, and despite the cut in the price of Premium Motor … read more
A Nigerian employee of French oil giant Total has been kidnapped in southern Nigeria and his captors have demanded a ransom of more than 65,000 dollars, an industry source said Sunday. The kidnappers have asked for 10 million naira (51,500 … read more
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Total Oil Nigeria Plc are trading blames over a pipeline vandalism, which occurred very close to the Alakija Bus Stop at the Festac axis along Mile 2 – Badagry Expressway last weekend. Officials of … read more
An Anambra State-based civil rights group, “International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law” has described as unsatisfactory, the role and responses of the state Police Command to the incessant cases of kidnappings rocking the state in recent … read more
Against the backdrop of failure of filling station operators in Port Harcourt to effect the reduction in pump price of petrol from N70 to N65, the Rivers State Commissioner for Energy and Natural Resources, Ezemonye Ezekiel Amadi has warned that … read more
THE minister of health Professor Babatunde Osotimehin said at the weekend that health indicators in Nigeria rank amongst the poorest in the world . The minister informed that it was a great concern to the federal government and therefore informs … read more