Nigeria’s presidency declined to comment on a newspaper report on Friday that President Umaru Yar’Adua would spend eight weeks abroad having medical checks from January 26. The Business Day newspaper quoted a special assistant in the presidency as saying that … read more
The Nigerian Navy confirmed yesterday that it was making more deployments to the Niger Delta area in its bid to consolidate on the gains to curtailing to a large extent, the fight against illegal bunkering, kidnapping and hostage taking as … read more
STATES in the Niger Delta are mobilising resources to bring the menace of militants, especially kidnapping to an end. The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs. Eunice Thomas, who made this known yesterday in Uyo at the second … read more
The country may soon be thrown into another fuel crisis as Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) and other importers of petroleum products said they could no longer participate in the importation of petroleum products with regulated pump prices … read more
The former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, will commence his legal challenge against his dismissal from the Nigeria Police on Tuesday at the Federal High Court, Abuja. In the case, Ribadu is suing the … read more
Before the slump of oil prices, the Federal Government was already contemplating removing petrol subsidy. The Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia, had engaged labour and other stakeholders with a view to convincing them on the need for … read more
The Eko Distribution Zone of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Lagos has commenced investigation into the cause of the fire outbreak which occurred in the company on Monday. To this end, officials of the Safety Department of … read more
The sixth floor offices of the zonal headquarters of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Marina, Lagos, which house the welfare as well as the archives departments of the company were yesterday gutted. Eyewitnesses account at the scene … read more
President Umaru Yar’Adua, on Tuesday, appointed Alhaji Mohammed Barkindo as the new Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, signaling the end of Alhaji Abubakar Yar’Adua’s tenure as the head of the corporation. Also relieved of her appointment was the … read more
A field Commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Mr. Tubotamuno Angolia, also known as ‘Boy Chiki,’ was on Tuesday killed in Bakana, Rivers State. The militant leader was said to have been felled by bullets … read more