Controversy has begun to trail the British government�s return to Nigeria of N29.3 million allegedly seized from the former governor of Plateau State as Chief Joshua Chibi Dariye says the money was under-declared to the tune of N741, 056,000. 00. … read more
Sea Pirates in the early hours of yesterday struck at Bonny channel again and dispossessed occupants of four passenger boats of their money, valuables injuring some of them in the process. Preliminary investigations by the Police in the State after … read more
The Niger State government�s drive for the industrialisation of the state has started yielding results with plan by the government in conjuction with a German company to establish a N325 billion petroleum refinery in Baro town in the Katcha Local … read more
Nigeria said Tuesday it has asked Angola to extradite the suspected leader of a Nigerian armed group, arrested last month for alleged arms dealing. Henry Okah, better known under the pseudonym Jomo Gbomo, is suspected of being the leader of … read more
CONTRARY to claims that oil firms are mainly responsible for the plight of the Niger Delta people, some stakeholders in the oil and gas industry have blamed the leadership at the three tiers of government for neglecting the people of … read more
General Manager, Public Affairs, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Akin Olukunle, has said Port Harcourt International Airport, closed about two years ago for rehabilitation, will become operational in the first quarter of 2008. Olukunle said at the Murtala Muhammed … read more
The American lady, Dr. Judith Burdin Asuni, arrested with two Germans on suspicion of spying in the Niger Delta, may have been found culpable. The two Germans said to be journalists have been cleared of any involvement in the espionage … read more
The Nigerian Institute of Welding has urged the Federal Government to check the influx of unskilled expatriates into the oil industry. The NIW, in a communique on Friday at the end of its annual conference in Effurun, Delta State, lamented … read more
A reinforcement of troops from the Joint Task Force (JTF) was on Sunday deployed to Ekpan community in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State following fresh violence that led to the death of one person with several others sustaining … read more
Palpable tension has enve-loped Ikata and Ochigba communities in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State following the killing of a youth, Azhioluka Herbert Aloni (25), and the wounding of several others by the Joint Task Force (JTF) allegedly … read more