MILITANTS in the region say they have suspended planned attack on oil installations in the area. In a statement the militants called on the international community to prevail on the government to release their detained leader, Asari Dokubo. They also … read more
A Briton and an American kidnapped from an oil industry ship off the southern Nigerian state of Bayelsa will be freed on Monday after four days in captivity, the state government said on Sunday. The abduction of the two employees … read more
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), has said despite Nigeria�s huge foreign exchange earnings from the petroleum sector, it cannot attain full development of its potentials, except present generation of Nigerians changed their mindset and rely less on petrodollars. It … read more
Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s deposed dictator, was yesterday sentenced to death by hanging for crimes against humanity. A visibly flustered Saddam shouted “God is great” as chief Judge Raouf Abdul Rahman read out the court’s verdict. He yelled, �Long live the … read more
Aircraft manufacturers whose aged products are sold to local Nigerian airlines, some of which have been involved in air tradegies in the last one year, may have a case to answer in a US court judging from a reading of … read more
The Joint Task Force may have taken steps to beef up security in the Niger Delta as tension mounted over the order by militants on oil companies operating in the region to quit. Although the military authorities have not responded … read more
The Department for Transport has announced that from Monday 6 November, passengers may now carry a limited quantity of liquids, i.e. gels, lotions, pastes, liquid cosmetics, foams and foodstuffs in their hand baggage when going through UK airport security checkpoints. … read more
An oil production facility at Tebidaba in Nigeria’s southern state of Bayelsa was attacked in the early hours of Monday, government and security sources said. The Tebidaba region feeds crude oil to the Brass tanker terminal, which exports about 200,000 … read more
IN the last three weeks, Anambra State has been in the news on account of the impeachment move by some Anambra State lawmakers against Governor Peter Obi and his deputy, Dame Virginia Etiaba. The plot started precisely Monday, October 16, … read more
AS Alhaji Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja and Chief Christopher Alao-Akala continued to lay claim to the governorship of Oyo State after the Court of Appeal nullified Ladoja�s impeachment, Ibadan, literally, boiled, yesterday, as Alao-Akala�s deputy, Alhaji Azeez Gbolarumi, led a crowd … read more