NIGERIA yesterday joined the rest of the world towards making the nation’s airspace safer as it switched over to the Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) system. In the aviation world, RVSM describes the reduction of the standard vertical separation required … read more
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, who led the Nigerian delegation to the 63rd session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York will not be able to address the assembly until after all Heads of State … read more
DEFENCE Headquarters yesterday dismissed claims by the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) that it has ordered a cease-fire, saying that it is spurious term, since as the Nigerian military was never in any war with it or … read more
THE proposed cabinet reshuffle by President Umaru Yar�Adua may have started creating ripples in different ministries in view of reports that the President was set to make a sweeping reorganisation. Against this background, activities in most ministries and parastatal agencies … read more
The Niger Delta peace process may have have been reinforced with leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, brokering a three-month ceasefire agreement with militant groups in the area as well as warlord in the Rivers … read more
The Federal Government through the Accident and Investigation Bureau (AIB) is set to take the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) also known as the black box recovered from the crashed Beechcraft 1900D to the Air … read more
It was a technological spectacle yesterday in Lagos, as the 18-storey Bank of Industry (BoI) Tower, was finally brought down through controlled demolition exercise that lasted only 11 seconds. The skyscraper, which was located on 67/71 Broad Street, in Lagos … read more
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged the Federal Government to invoke the relevant laws of the country against companies that enslave Nigerians through the practice of casualisation and contract staffing. The central labour organisation is also seeking appropriate sanctions … read more
AFTER one week of sustained attacks on oil facilities in Rivers State, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has announced a ceasefire following intervention by some Ijaw leaders in the Niger Delta. Meanwhile, the Joint Task … read more
Operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the early hours of Sunday recovered petroleum products suspected to be diesel, worth about N350 million, from illegal oil bunkerers in Warri, Delta State. Acting on a tip-off, the combined team of … read more