Drug test: Kano asks FG to seek extradition of Pfizer�s officials Kano State Government has asked the Federal Government to extradite officials of Pfizer Pharmaceutical who are based in the United States of America to face trial over the 1996 … read more
The Lagos chamber of commerce and industry (LCCI) has identified multiple taxes and levies by the government as one of the problems bedeviling the industry. Speaking at the 119th Annual General Meeting of the LCCI, the out-going president of the … read more
A key faction of Nigeria’s main militant group has said it is not involved in a peace ceremony aimed at ending attacks on the oil sector. A Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) spokesman said the event … read more
THE Federal Government, yesterday, suspended further dealings with Siemens, the German company alleged to have bribed some senior Nigerian government officials for the purpose of winning contracts. The decision will subsist until the conclusion of investigations into the allegations, according … read more
A top US State Department official has said that the country will not disclose the names of the Nigerian officials involved in the $6m Wilbros bribery scandal. A spokesman of the State Department in charge of Africa, Mr. Greg Garland, … read more
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo approved six radio and television licences for himself and the former Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party�s Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, a day before his tenure ended on May 29, Daily Trust investigations … read more
The Police has begun daily helicopters patrol in Lagos and Abuja to ensure crime-free Sallah and Christmas celebration. Police Spokesman, ACP Akpoebi, told Daily Trust in an interview that the Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, after a meeting with … read more
About N60million was lost to three hours strike embarked upon by Air Traffic Controllers yes-terday when they shut the na-tion�s airspace. ATCs at airports all over the country abandoned their duties and refused to clear aircraft for landing or take … read more
Nigeria’s oil and gas industry regulator intends to start fining companies $3.5 for every 1,000 standard cubic feet of gas flared from Jan. 1 next year, a senior official at the regulator said on Monday. The Department of Petroleum Resources … read more
(Reuters) – Pirates attacked a vessel operated by oil major ExxonMobil in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria on Tuesday, killing a crew member and injuring another, private security contractors working in the oil industry said. Attacks by politically motivated … read more