The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of Aids, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, on Wednesday said 61 per cent of Nigerians newly infected with HIV/AIDS were women and young girls. He said the situation called for massive mobilisation of … read more
Strike worries roil Nigeria oil Published: March 27, 2008 at 12:24 PM Print story Email to a friend Font size:By CARMEN GENTILE UPI Energy Correspondent Strike talks continue in Nigeria as a potential labor walkout threatens to cripple a petroleum … read more
Twenty-two-year-old son of the Deputy Speaker, Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Binadomene Binabo, has been kidnapped by suspected gunmen. Binadomene, a 200-Level undergraduate of the state-owned Niger Delta University, was kidnapped in the early hours of Thursday. The gunmen, according … read more
From Borokiri to Rumuokoro, there is one common feature that makes Port Harcourt what it is: the place is gradually carving a niche for itself as Nigeria�s garbage city. Things are even getting worse with the activities of militants, who … read more
FORMER Minister of Finance, Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday revealed to members of the House of Representatives panel probing the alleged misuse of power project fund how former President Olusegun Obasanjo�s government spent N220.4 billion on the energy sector … read more
AFTER what appeared to be a lull in the incidence of bank robberies, dare-devil armed men yesterday attacked a bullion van belonging to a first generation bank on Aba Road, Port Harcourt and carted away more than N50 million. Also … read more
INVESTIGATIONS may actually have been initiated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into the eight-year rule of immediate past President Olusegun Obasanjo. Indication to this effect came from the Commission’s Head, General Investigations, Mr. Sanda Umaru, in Lagos … read more
Hasty conclusions on President Musa Yar�Adua administration�s respect for the rule of law, has been faulted by a non-governmental organisation (NGO). CLEEN Foundation, at a press conference on �Indicators for Measuring Government�s Respect For Rule of Law in Nigeria� held … read more
The Cross River State government has said that it has given up hope of finding the Beechcraft 1900D owned by Wings Aviation, which was declared missing with three crew members on March 15. But the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) … read more
Riot policemen and troops of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Restore Hope, were on Tuesday deployed in Orerokpe, the headquarters of Okpe Local Government Area, Delta State, following Monday�s mayhem in the community. Policemen and soldiers … read more