Operatives of the Joint Task Force Effurun have again recovered petroleum products suspected to be diesel worth about N300 million from illegal oil bunkerers in Warri, Delta State. Acting on a tip off, the combined team of soldiers and policemen … read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to increase the number of former governors in court over corruption charges to thirteen, as investigators, last week, forwarded the case files of two former governors to the chairman, Mrs Farida … read more
Pirates attacked a trawler in the Bakassi peninsula on Saturday, close to the Nigerian border, Cameroonian authorities said. “At about 11:30am (1030 GMT) close to Jabane, close to Bakassi island, a trawler was attacked by two flying boats in Cameroonian … read more
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation may consider using the nation‘s refineries as collateral to secure bank loans after the reforms enunciated by the Oil and Gas Reforms Implementation Committee takes effect. The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Alhalji … read more
For the second time in a week, militants struck yesterday in Akwa Ibom State: they abducted the wife of Hon. Aloysious Etok, who is representing Ikot Ekpene Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Mrs Ekot Comfort was kidnapped at … read more
ABOUT 16 militants were feared killed on Wednesday night when they launched a surprise attack on security gunboats around the Bonny River in Rivers State. It was gathered that the soldiers of the Joint Task Force (JTF) repelled the attack, … read more
Five gunmen, yesterday kidnapped the Chairman of Diobu Timber Sellers Association, Chief Job Obire and another man at the timber shed Okwelle waterside, Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Vanguard gathered that, before taking their victims away, the men robbed many … read more
The menace of sea piracy mostly perpetrated by Somali pirates across the globe may have taken a devastating toll on Nigeria as eight fishing vessels with 96 crew members were taken hostage yesterday. President of Nigerian Trawler Owners Association (NITOA), … read more
Several anti-corruption organizations are vowing to continue their pursuit of 31 Nigerian state governors and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who were exonerated Wednesday by Nigeria’s chief investigative arm of corruption charges. Accusations against the officials, who were singled out for … read more
Royal Dutch Shell has appealed a Nigerian court order requiring it hand over the site of a key base in the oil-rich but impoverished Niger Delta. A high court in Rivers State ruled in July that the site of the … read more