Uncertainty and confusion yesterday took the better of the country�s aviation sector following an embarrassing discovery that an earlier claim by one of the agencies that the missing Wings Aviation aircraft had been found was totally false. The Minister of … read more
Port Harcourt, Nigeria – Gunmen released five Nigerians hostages on Tuesday, six days after they had been seized in the restive southern oil region, said a military official. Major Sagir Musa did not say whether a ransom was paid for … read more
Three people were killed when their small private plane crashed in southern Nigeria, rescuers said Sunday after reaching the accident site. The plane had gone missing a day earlier. Sam Adurogboye, a spokesman for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, did … read more
BARRING last minute effort by the government to avert crisis in the oil sector, members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) may begin an indefinite nationwide strike on Wednesday. The strike notice is coming … read more
MINISTER of Special Duties, Presidency, Mr. Godsday Orubebe has dismissed as untrue an allegation that Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan betrayed detained leader of the Movement for Emancipation of Niger-Delta (MEND), Henry Okah, after paying a visit to him in South-Africa, … read more
Opposition party members at the House of Representatives have promised to stop any bid by the Peoples Democratic Party to hijack the ongoing investigation into how the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo spent about $16bn on the power sector … read more
The Manufacturers� Association of Nigeria (MAN) and potential investors complain that electricity is their biggest challenge, two times more problematic than finance. Diran Fawibe, chief executive officer, International Energy Services Limited and chairman, energy committee, Institute of Directors (IoD), told … read more
Another misfortune yesterday hit the Nigerian Aviation Industry when a 1900D Beec-hcraft turbo prop aircraft belonging to Wings Avia-tion was reported missing over 10 hours after it was expected to have landed at its destination. A pilot, standardisation officer and … read more
IN SPITE of astounding revelations made so far, the House of Representatives Committee on Power and Steel holding public hearing on how $16bn was allegedly spent by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday said it had not … read more
Nigeria’s oil export activities may suffer further setback soon as Ijaw youths in the Niger Delta have threatened to attack the facilities of the oil giants; Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited (EPNL) and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) if the French … read more