No fewer than eight persons including three mobile policemen were yesterday killed by armed robbers who attacked the UBA branch at Ifako/Gbagada area of Lagos State. An unknown number of persons were also seriously wounded by the rampaging robbers who … read more
The United States of America has finally cleared the way for Virgin Nigeria Airways to fly directly to New York from Lagos, following the signing of an Open Skies Agreement between the country and the European Union. Virgin Nigeria had … read more
Royal Dutch Shell is inching back to Nigerian oilfields shut for over a year by militant attacks, but restoring lost output will take several months and may be set back by more violence, industry sources said on Friday. Shell pulled … read more
There was uproar at the National Assembly yesterday as members of the House of Representatives attempted to open debate on last month�s general election in the country. But the Senate, unperturbed by the development at the lower chamber, has indicated … read more
VICE President-elect, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday accepted the U.S. government�s description of militants� activities in the Niger Delta as those of terrorism. He said that the Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar� Adua�s presidency would not hesitate to use brute force to … read more
At least three persons were Tuesday night feared dead and several others injured from rampaging robbers who were fleeing a robbery scene in Ikeja area of Lagos. The fate of two of the wounded victims were yet unknown as they … read more
The Rivers State Police Command on Wednesday gave an insight into how the mother of the state governor-elect, Celestine Omehia, was found after being reportedly kidnapped by unidentified gunmen. The woman, Cecilia Omehia, was allegedly seized from her Ubima home … read more
An unidentified armed group kidnapped 12 workers � eight Filipinos, three South Koreans and a Nigerian � at a South Korean company’s power plant construction site in Nigeria on Thursday, the company said. The armed group broke into accommodation facilities … read more
At least five foreign workers were kidnapped from an offshore oil vessel in southern Nigeria, an official said, bringing the total kidnapped Thursday to at least 17. The attack occurred about 25 miles offshore, said Chief Joshua Benemesia, head of … read more
NIGERIANS and security chiefs who had been apprehensive of a possible outbreak of violence across the country yesterday, were treated to a pleasant surprise. Save for the arrest of three civil society activists in Lagos State and the alleged assault … read more