PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has said until government investigate the alleged involvement of top government officials and traditional rulers in the increasing hostage takings in the Niger Delta and bring to book those found … read more
Akwa Ibom State Revenue Court sitting in Uyo has ordered the immediate arrest of five directors and officers of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited for refusing to appear before it in a case of tax evasion brought against the company. The … read more
THE Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has imposed a two million naira fine each on airlines that were grounded last week for safety regulation violation. Apart from the fine, the airlines would also need to certify all safety requirement before … read more
THREE days after an expatriate oil worker was killed in the Niger-Delta, President Olusegun Obasanjo has assured the international community and Nigerians that the Federal Government would not abandon the restive region to bandits. Government, he assured, will continue to … read more
Early one Sunday morning in June, a mysterious text message flashed across Kayode Fayemi’s cellphone. “Since you continue to oppose Governor Fayose, we shall kill you,” the message read, referring to the bare- knuckled incumbent at the time, Ayo Fayose. … read more
AHEAD of today�s public declaration by Vice President Atiku Abubakar of his 2007 presidential ambition in Abuja, the police have deployed over 2,000 regular, anti-bomb disposal and mobile policemen for security operations. Sources at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police … read more
Virgin Nigeria Air ways Limited, the nation�s flag carrier, said it is optimistic that the reform agenda drive of the new Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, will help to reposition the Nigerian aviation sector in the right direction. At … read more
Reuters) – Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo criticised his estranged deputy on Friday over comments that political instability was raising the likelihood of a military coup in Africa’s most populous nation. Nigeria holds landmark general elections in April in a vote … read more
Nigeria has entered the season of political rallies in advance of next year�s elections. Political parties will be holding Saturday rallies around the Lagos metropolitan area in the coming weeks. These political rallies have previously caused severe traffic congestion and … read more
The Federal Government may have decided to intensify the use of military onslaught against militants operating along the creeks of the Niger Delta, as massive military deployment was carried out in Bayelsa state yesterday. In terse statements by the Federal … read more