Utorogu Gas Plant belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has been shut down following the fire that gutted the 10-inch Utorogu-Ughelli Pumping Station condensate trunkline yesterday. A number of persons were burnt to death and several others sustained injuries … read more
A Boeing 727 owned by Chanchangi Airlines yesterday was in flames as it landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. The aircraft which arrived from Kaduna was scheduled to depart for Lagos. Although the airline�s spokesperson, Olu Balogun, explained that … read more
The Criminal Court of Appeal in London yesterday extended the order freezing the assets belonging to the former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, till November 29, 2007, when the Crown Prosecution and lawyers to the ex-governor are expected … read more
Signals emerged last night that the embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs Patricia Olubunmi Etteh is going ahead with plans to attend next Monday�s joint session with the Senate despite threats to boycott the event by her opponents … read more
The Federal Government has traced the proliferation of illegal arms in the troubled Niger Delta to some countries in the Eastern bloc. This, according to government, has made security control and conflict resolution in the area a lot more challenging. … read more
Oil prices shot higher on Thursday, extending overnight gains on news of a surprise strike on Tuesday and Wednesday at Chevron Corporation facilities in Nigeria. However, the strike was called off 48 hours later. The President, National Union of Petroleum … read more
Just as the kidnappers of Chief Lawrence Nwile, the father of the Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, scaled their ransom demand down to N2 million from N70 million, an unknown militant group has threatened to use … read more
No fewer than five people were killed on Thursday in two separate clashes in Ogun and Edo states. Two of the deaths were recorded in Sagamu, Ogun State, when rival groups in the Peoples Democratic Party clashed at the emergency … read more
The opposition to the Speaker, House of Representatives, Mrs. Patricia Etteh, over the N628million contract scandal assumed a new dimension on Thursday as a member of the House, Mr. K.G.B. Oguakwa, said those found culpable risked being sentenced to a … read more
Nigeria is fighting a rare outbreak of a vaccine-derived form of polio, says the UN’s World Health Organization. It says 69 children in the north have caught the paralysing disease from others who had already been immunised. The WHO says … read more