Virgin Nigeria has been granted ap-proval by the United States Depart-ment of Transp-ortation (DOT) to commence direct commercial flights from Lagos to various destinations in America. Virgin Nigeria is one of the three airlines approved by the Federal Government to … read more
Indication that the Federal Government is going ahead to honour its commitment to the international agreement entered into by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on behalf of the country to completely withdraw its authority from all parts of the Oil rich … read more
Some leaders of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) at the weekend accused Rivers State Government of “Some degree of complicity” in the on-going trial of its leaders, Henry Okah and Edward Attatta at the Federal High … read more
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is under a wave of criticism for the conduct of his administration, which came to an end last May. But in a court in Lagos, he is accused of a very different kind of misconduct … read more
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, said on Friday that members of the House of Representatives Committee on Power and Steel were on a �suicide mission� for daring to launch a probe into the $16 billion spent on the power … read more
Worried by the current fuel scarcity across the country, President Umaru Musa Yar�adua yesterday ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to speed up their inspection of … read more
COUNSEL to detained leader of Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah, Mr. Femi Falana, has berated the Federal Government over what he described as “barbaric trial of a civilian under civil rule in camera.” This … read more
Worried by the consistent threats by Gov. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, the Governor of Rivers state to get him arrested and prosecute him for his past atrocities, the leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante Movement (NDVM) Ateke Tom, has replied the … read more
The Federal Government has prepared 47 charges bordering on treasonable felonies against Mr. Henry Okah, the detained leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the group believed to be behind the militancy in the country�s … read more
Five Express /Shebah Oil Company workers held hostage since Sunday by youths of Awoye Community, have been released. They were late Wednesday, handed over to the State Deputy Governor, Otunba Omolade Oluwateru, by Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, … read more