Polio could be wiped out in Nigeria – one of the world’s last blackspots of the disease – thanks to an improved vaccine, research suggests. An Imperial College London team found a recently introduced polio jab is four times more … read more
Gunmen in speedboats attacked Nigerian navy vessels guarding the country’s main crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals on Wednesday, the Nigerian military and security sources said. The attackers hit gunboats protecting Bonny Island in the Niger Delta, … read more
AN insight into why the certification of Nigerian Airports is being delayed was yesterday given by the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Dr. Harold Demuren. He said that the non-certification of the country’s airports may remain for … read more
THE ever-busy Apapa-Oshodi Expressway will be closed to traffic from next Thursday, the Lagos State government has announced. Coming barely a fortnight after the Third Mainland Bridge was re-opened to traffic after almost two months of closure, the Apapa-Oshodi expressway … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua yesterday told the private sector leaders a bitter truth: Corruption in your midst is worse than the much maligned public offices. He also pledged to effectively tackle the long-drawn unrest in the Niger Delta region. The … read more
The Rivers State Government has vowed to stand by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, in spite of the money laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The Secretary to the … read more
MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) says President Yar’Adua’s “nightmares” on the Niger-Delta, which he openly confessed, last weekend, won’t end in a hurry, warning that the nightmares may develop to “insomnia and hallucinations” except the president accedes … read more
DEMOCRATIC Party candidate, Senator Barack Obama, is mobilising Nigerians in the US to in turn mobilise the Nigerian community there to vote in next month’s American presidential elections. This is coming as efforts to get out people to vote has … read more
The detained leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Mr. Henry Okah, has said that the Federal Government is unwilling to prosecute the powerful retired generals behind gunrunning in the Niger Delta. Okah, who is being … read more
The Chief of Staff to Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, Mr. Ezebunwo Wike, is to spend the weekend in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following his inability to meet the bail conditions set by an Abuja … read more