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Child Snatched in Port Harcourt

AP) _ Kidnappers snatched the 3-year-old daughter of an expatriate worker as she was being taken to school Thursday in Nigeria’s restive southern oil region, police said. � The child taken in the oil city of Port Harcourt is British, … read more

‘Final Census Figures out Next Year’

Chairman, National Po-pulation Commission (NPC), Chief Samu�ila Danko Makama, has said final result of the 2006 Census would be ready next year. Makama told the Senate President, Senator David Mark during a courtesy call yesterday, that processing of the final … read more

Reps to Probe Repairs at P�Harcourt Airport

The House of Representatives yesterday set up a committee to investigate alleged delay in the execution of repair works of the Port Harcourt International Airport, alleging possible sabotage by some airliners. Honourable George Ford Nwosu (PDP) Rivers State while proposing … read more

Lagos airport radar faulty

OPERATIONS at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos are currently being hampered by a fault in the radar system. The Guardian learnt that the fault, which occurred last Friday, was caused by an electric power surge, which blew the screen … read more

Shell Returns to Niger Delta

Dutch Oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, yesterday announced the resumption of full scale oil exploration and production in Niger Delta region after the multi-national firm left area following spate of hostage taking of its staff and youth restiveness … read more

Militants ‘to end truce’

The main militants group in Nigeria’s oil producing Niger Delta say it will not extend its month-long ceasefire which expires on Tuesday. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) says it has been kept on the sidelines … read more