A German man was released unharmed late on Tuesday in the Niger Delta in Nigeria, about 12 hours after he was seized by unknown gunmen who killed a driver and two soldiers, a source at his company said on Wednesday. … read more
THE two major petroleum product marketers involved in the sale of the recent contaminated fuel � Oando and Mobil � have been ordered by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to compensate all motorists whose vehicles were damaged by the … read more
The United States of America and the International Narcotics Control Board, a United Nations affiliated body, have described Nigeria as a major transfer point of drugs and money laundering. The Empowered Newswire, a US-based Nigerian news agency, reports that the … read more
The Federal Government has issued a high alert to all security agencies after it uncovered plans by politicians to incite the public and trigger violence. Military top brass, as well as the police, State Security Service (SSS), and others in … read more
A FEDERAL High Court in Port Harcourt, River State will tomorrow deliver judgement on the suit filed by the former governor of the state, Dr. Peter Odili, to prevent his arrest and prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission … read more
Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday it has lifted the force majeure on exports of Nigerian Bonny Light and Forcados crude. In January, the Anglo-Dutch oil major declared force majeure on Forcados export due to sabotage to a pipeline. A … read more
Nigeria�s strategic oil reserve, put at 36.2billion barrels, is expected to sustain her for the next 43 years, statistics have shown. The statistics also show that the nation has the lowest reserve life span among the members of the Organization … read more
Gunmen kidnapped two children belonging to a prominent former official in Nigeria’s oil city Port Harcourt on Tuesday, a military spokesman said. The children of former local government chairman Ephraim Nwuze — five-year-old Alwell and his eight-year-old sister Wisdom — … read more
Former head of state and presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in the April 21, 2007 election, Major-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has made good its threat to challenge the verdict of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which had … read more
NEW measures have been introduced by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to check the scarcity of aviation fuel (JET-A1). Instead of leaving the importation of the product to marketers, the corporation has taken over the exercise. The Guardian learnt … read more