Striking oil workers who have shut down Exxon Mobil’s production in Nigeria pledged to carry on their seven-day strike after failing to reach a deal with the U.S. oil major at talks on Wednesday. A spokesman for state-run Nigerian National … read more
Pandemonium broke out yesterday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA),Lagos as stranded passengers of a Delta airline scheduled flight to the United States openly protested the treatment meted out to them by the airline. The 30 intending passengers who … read more
The Federal Government has beefed up security at oil installations in parts of Delta State, following renewed threats to law and order particularly in Warri North Local Government Area. THISDAY gathered that there was sporadic shooting by unidentified gunmen suspected … read more
AS the food crisis bites harder in the country, Nigerian workers have demanded immediate and urgent increase in wages and salaries. President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Abdulwahed Omar, said on Wednesday that workers needed an immediate salary … read more
The United States (US) government has said its suspicions that the Nigerian Taliban has links with Al Qaeda affiliates led by Osama bin Laden and the Mali arm of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM) are yet to be proved … read more
The trial of five men charged with plotting attacks on government targets has started in Nigeria. Prosecutors say the suspected Islamist militants have links to al Qaida. Gilbert da Costa reports from Abuja some Muslim groups have denounced the trial … read more
The humiliation of Nigeria’s ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo is forging ahead, less than a year after he left office. In the past few months, parliamentary committees have exposed allegations of government corruption during his eight-year tenure that sit uneasily with his … read more
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken over the investigation into the circumstances under which the Beechcraft 1900D aircraft disappeared and was flown out of the country on March 15. Top sources at the anti-graft body disclosed to … read more
OIL production shut-in in Nigeria, earlier put at one million barrels per day has reached 1.3 million barrels per day. The surge in the country’s crude losses has been attributed to the strike embarked upon by workers of American firm, … read more
Major exporters of rice around the world have stopped supplies to Nigeria, in anticipation of global shortage of the commodity. This is may precipitate a serious food shortage in the country. But in response to the looming crisis, the Federal … read more