NEW governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi was sworn in yesterday evening amidst tight security, after he arrived Port Harcourt at exactly 5.30 pm to the waiting embrace of hundreds of supporters, who had thronged the Port Harcourt Air … read more
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has annulled April’s election of the governor of oil-rich, violence-prone Rivers State. The court said current Governor Celestine Omehia had not been the legitimate candidate of the governing People’s Democratic Party. It ruled that the post should … read more
Twenty one suspected armed robbers have in the last few days been killed while 47 were arrested by the police in Lagos State after exchanges of gunfire at different confrontations in the state. The police have also recovered 18 stolen … read more
A BABY whale measuring about 12 metres beached around 3.30 a.m. Wednesday on the Nigerian side of the Seme border town along the Nigeria-Benin Republic international corridor. While some of the crowd that thronged the scene went with nothing more … read more
The outgoing British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Richard Gozney, on Wednesday, said that the British Government only demands a total cooperation from the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mike Aondoakaa (SAN). He added that this … read more
Updated at 12:45hrs More from Eni “The attack occurred today at dawn some 85 km off Nigerian coast. Attackers managed to climb aboard the FPSO Mystras and seized six workers, whose nationalities are Polish, Filipino and Nigerian. Another Nigerian worker … read more
(Reuters) – Gunmen kidnapped six workers from an Italian oil production facility off the coast of Nigeria on Friday, forcing Italy’s ENI to halt production of 50,000 barrels per day, authorities said. It was the second kidnapping from an offshore … read more
Police in the Netherlands say they have cracked a crime ring which allegedly trafficked Nigerian children into the West to work as sex slaves. At least 19 people were arrested in the Netherlands and five other countries including the US … read more
After over four weeks of confusion and stalemate in the House of Representatives over how to handle the report of the Hon. David Idoko panel on the controversial renovation contract, the Speaker, Hon. Patricia Etteh, who has been recalcitrant all … read more
Anglo-Dutch, oil giant, Shell Plc, and French firm, Total SA, said on Wednesday that they had not been contacted about a possible renegotiation of oil contracts in Nigeria Both companies were reacting to Federal Government�s warnings on Tuesday of sweeping … read more