Oil workers have given the government a 21-day ultimatum to reverse the appointment of a pre-shipment inspector for crude exports or face the risk of industrial action. The notice served on Thursday by the National Union of Petroleum and Natural … read more
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is still awaiting the delivery of 15 specialized aircraft made up 12 for combat and three additional aircraft for the training of its personnel, three years after the payment of $50,412,698.4 or N6,049,523,808 to a … read more
The Rivers State Government has provided a total of 20 units of 64 capacity buses to ease the transport situation in the state capital as part its plans to cushion the effects of the ban on commercial motorcycle activities in … read more
The defense counsel for Henry Okah, leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has demanded that the trial of his client be transferred to Yenegoa, the Bayelsa state capital in the Niger Delta, because he … read more
Medical doctors in the employment of the Lagos State government under the aegis of Medical Guild yesterday announced the suspension of the indefinite strike they embarked upon last Monday over what they described as poor condition of service. They have … read more
Pupils in various nursery schools in Bayelsa State yesterday resumed for a new session under the presence of armed soldiers deployed by the authorities of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) to forestall rumoured invasion of the state by kidnappers. … read more
A PRINCELY N800 billion was generated internally by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in 2008, the House of Representatives learnt yesterday. Speaking at the budget defence of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources with the assembly’s Committee on the upstream … read more
Combat-ready mobile and regular policemen yesterday took over the premises of the Delta State government-owned television and radio broadcasting house, Delta Broadcasting Service (DBS), as the crisis between its management and board deepens. The latest development climaxed months of no-love-lost … read more
Following the crash in the price of crude oil in the international market and public expectations that the condition should translate to a downward review in the price of refined petroleum products, the Federal Government has commenced negotiations with petroleum … read more
UNKNOWN gunmen who abducted renowned author, Captain Elechi Amadi, on Monday night in his home in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday night released him to his family. Following the public outrage over the abduction, Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi had … read more