Suspected militants who seized eleven Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains at Arogbo in Ese-Odo Local Government of Ondo State on Saturday have insisted that the state government must pay a N500million ransom they earlier demanded before all the hostages could … read more
Minister of Transportation, Mrs. Diezana Allison-Madueke, has said that the Port Harcourt Airport, closed since August 29, 2006 for renovation but stalled, will resume operations in the first quarter of 2008. She also said that with the improvement in the … read more
Some militants suspected to be members of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta have kidnapped 11 chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State. The incident, which occurred in Arogbo, Ese-Odo Local Government Area on Saturday night, … read more
The Federal Government, on Sunday ordered tight security around the strategic oil installations and other nation�s business interests in the Niger Delta region. It was leant that the government also directed a fresh security web around foreign nationals and assets … read more
A major hurdle in tax administration in Nigeria is about to be crossed, as the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has been mandated by law to refund excess taxes paid by individuals and companies within 90 days. Taxpayers who have … read more
RESIDENTS of water-fronts in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have been given four months to vacate the area or face the fangs of bulldozers. Governor Celestine Omehia, who said this at a state banquet at the weekend to mark his 100 … read more
THE Joint Task Force (JTF) in Rivers State has said that it has discovered where militants take their hostages to on the high sea around Ogogboro community. Major Sagir Musa who told the Vanguard, yesterday, on phone that the Brigade … read more
Nigerian troops found the corpse of a man believed to be a foreign hostage floating in a creek on Saturday near a village where five people died in fighting this week, a military spokesman said. Kidnapping of foreign workers has … read more
The Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to restore law and order in troubled Ogbogoro village in Obio-Akpor, Rivers State , have found the remains of a man killed and dumped inside the creek by suspected cultists. JTF spokesperson, Major Sagir … read more
FORMER Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja and some of his cabinet members have been invited for questioning by the Police Special Investigation Unit (SFU) over alleged looting of about N2 billion. The declaration followed failure of the … read more