Mr. Abdullahi Shinkafi, Imo Director, State Security Service, (SSS) yesterday said he had packaged a two-day workshop to address the incessant case of kidnapping in the state. Shinkafi, who made this known to newsmen in Owerri, said he was worried … read more
THE police have rescued the Port Harcourt City Local Council Chairman, Mr. Azubuike Nmerokini, from gunmen who abducted him late Tuesday night. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Rita Inoma-Abbey, who confirmed the incident, said the son of the … read more
Andrew Berends, an American filmmaker who was arrested last week and accused of spying, was deported by Nigeria on Tuesday, he said. Mr. Berends had been working on a documentary about militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta when he was … read more
Nigeria’s President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is expected to announce a major cabinet reshuffle today (Wednesday). Some political observers say at least five ministers are expected to swap positions in the reshuffle said to be aimed at weeding out disloyal and … read more
A Nigerian man with 86 wives, Mohammadu Bello Abubakar, is challenging in a high court an Islamic decree ordering him to divorce all but four of them. Local traditional rulers told him to divorce his wives by the end of … read more
SUSPECTED youths of Sangana Community in Brass Council, Bayelsa State yesterday invaded the platform of Conoil, holding hostage six mobile policemen on guard and other staff of the company over undisclosed issues. The armed youths were reportedly dressed in military … read more
(AP) _ A private security official says gunmen in Nigeria’s southern oil region have hijacked an oil-services boat with 13 people onboard, including five expatriate workers. � The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to company prohibitions on speaking … read more
The secretary to the Federal Government and “June 12” turncoat, Mr. Baba Gana Kingibe, has become the first casualty of Umar Yar�adua�s desire to revamp the image of his regime. Our correspondent reported that Kingibe confidently strode into a ceremony … read more
The State Security Services (SSS) has refuted a news report carried in the Tuesday edition of an Abuja-based daily newspaper to the effect that some Isreali security agents of MOSSAD are present in the country to train operatives of the … read more
The authorities of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday said its team had sighted the remains of two of the victims from the wreckage of the ill-fated Wings Aviation aircraft whose crash site was spotted with the aid of … read more