Bayelsa State government has stepped into what would have resulted in a major crisis between a host community of the Gbarain/Ubie Gas Gathering Project and one of the construction firms, ALCON Nigeria Limited, over non-employment of its indigenes. Reports say … read more
The Federal Government yesterday accused foreign airline operators of defrauding the country to the tune of $500 million through tax evasion. Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode disclosed in Abuja that this was done through non-registration of the companies at … read more
The preparations for the visit of President Olusegun Obasanjo to Rivers State and the screening of Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirants paralysed Port Harcourt for more than 10 hours on Monday. Preparations for Obasanjo, who is visiting the state on … read more
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero, has ordered the deployment of bomb detection experts in Bayelsa, Delta and Edo states. The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of the zone, Mr. Gazali Lawal, said on Sunday that Ehindero … read more
Ahead of President Olusegun Obasanjo�s visit to Rivers State on Tuesday, the state government on Sunday began the demolition of illegal structures along the major routes in the state capital. The officials of the state Ministry of Housing and Urban … read more
The Nigerian Navy said at the weekend that it was relocating its Basic Seaman Training School to Isaka, Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State to enable it check the activities of militants in the Niger Delta region. Isaka Town … read more
A gang of armed robbers attacked another commercial bank in Matori area of Lagos in the early hours of Sunday. This attack came barely a week after robbers raided four banks in the same area. However, no life was lost … read more
PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo will, Tuesday, commission the Independent Power Project of the Rivers State Government at Omoku. The project built at over 60 billion naira is to generate constant power for the state. Mr Magnus Abe, who spoke to newsmen … read more
LAGOS was yesterday rocked by another petroleum products pipeline explosion caused by vandals at Ije Ododo in Lagos.The vandals had tampered with the pipeline supplying petrol from Atlas Cove jetty to Ejigbo depot. Although some eyewitness claimed two persons lost … read more
The gunfire exchange last Wednesday, between Nigeria’s state security forces and militants holding seven expatriate oil workers, marked a watershed in the militant-government confrontation in the marshes of the Niger Delta. By the time the smoke cleared, four people lay … read more