The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro, on Friday, warned that the al-Qaeda terrorist network was planning to bomb some parts of Nigeria. Okiro, who did not give the locations which the group led by the world�s most wanted man, … read more
Shell says it requires an additional $3 billion (N375 billion) and the resolution of the Niger Delta crisis to be able to end gas flaring in the country, insisting that it will be unable to meet the December 2008 deadline … read more
US anti-bribery investigators are targeting a former Halliburton subsidiary over its work on a key Royal Dutch Shell project in Nigeria, widening a corruption probe into the country’s troubled oil industry. The US investigation into Halliburton’s Nigerian operations – covering … read more
Kidnappers have released three employees of a Chinese construction firm in Nigeria, China’s foreign ministry said on Saturday, two days after they were abducted following a dispute over wages and working conditions. The brief statement on the foreign ministry website … read more
A Nigerian man, believed dead by his family, has been released from police custody on bail after seven years in detention without charge. Ugochukwu Nwaokporo, now 24, was arrested in 2001, just after he arrived in the capital, Abuja, his … read more
Barely 48 hours to the inauguration of former Bayelsa State governor, Chief Timipre Sylva�s campaign for governorship re-run, and President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua�s expected first visit to the state, explosion rocked Yenagoa, the state capital, yesterday. Unknown persons bombed the … read more
Former United States Pres-ident, Mr Jimmy Carter, has said that contrary to the impression created by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), he is not eager to “jump into the fray” with regard to the Niger … read more
Reuters) – Three Chinese workers from an engineering firm have been kidnapped by unidentified attackers in Nigeria’s southern Cross River state, the official Xinhua agency said late on Thursday. The trio from the China Civil Engineering Construction Corp were all … read more
Barely 48hours after the Imo State governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim revealed that government has uncovered plans by ‘agents of darkness’ to kidnap more prominent Imo citizens, a member of the Imo State House of Assembly (IMHA) has been kidnapped by … read more
Exxon Mobil is working closely with its customers to minimize the impact of a brief supply outage in Nigeria due to a workers strike late last month, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. “We have notified the relevant authorities in Nigeria … read more