Aiming to join the league of successful airlines in Africa, Arik Air, one of Nigeria’s new carriers, has placed order for 15 more airplanes to boost its fleet. The new order will cost the airline $1.7 billion (about N200 billion) … read more
This weekend an expat couple were socialising at a popular bar in Port Harcourt. They left the bar at 20:50 and drove down Odulu St towards Skippers. Their car was followed by a grey Jetta car which overtook them & … read more
THE plea bargain deal between embattled former Governor Dipreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa state and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, may not end the Niger Delta crisis as it is only a step towards the resolution, sources that claimed … read more
The Vice President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Saturday said he would not make his declaration of assets public because no Nigerian law, for now, makes such mandatory. Besides, he said he declared his assets five times, which could be confirmed … read more
Nigeria�s well endowed oil and gas basin, the Niger Delta, has been on the front burner of national and international discourse in recent years. The reason for this is not far-fetched. For the country�s treasure trove, it has been a … read more
Nigeria’s navy has retired 10 officers, including a rear admiral, because of evidence they were involved in smuggling stolen crude oil, the chief of navy staff was reported as saying by the official news agency. Nigeria is the world’s eighth … read more
The former Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, on Friday regained his freedom, as the Nigerian Prison Service released him at 3pm. Though the details of his release were not available as at press time, the ex-governor was said to … read more
Officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Ondo State have confiscated some drugs from a number of pharmaceutical shops. The drugs were donated to the Federal Government by the United Nations Children�s Fund to … read more
Total has announced that its operating subsidiary in Nigeria, Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited (EPNL), has signed an agreement with Nigeria�s Conoil Producing Limited to acquire a 40% interest in offshore Oil Mining Lease (OML) 136. Conoil holds the remaining 60% … read more
Gunmen stormed Holy Rosary Girls Secondary School in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital and shoot dead a senior teacher, Mr. Sunday Egba. Eyewitnesses at the secondary school told The Guardian that the teacher who was preparing to leave the … read more