The Joint Revolutionary Council, an umbrella platform for militants in the Niger Delta has declared this month as black November when they would attack all oil installations in the region within 72 hours. A statement to this effect, which was … read more
A local firm, Bundi Group of Companies, manufacturers of local HIV/AIDS test kits, has kicked against the Federal Government�s decision to import HIV kits worth N3. 7 billion, just as government has awarded the contract to Trinity Biotech of Dublin, … read more
Nigerian rights groups on Friday criticised the April 2007 timetable for presidential and parliamentary elections, saying the date was too close to the May 29 handover to a new government. Nigeria’s electoral agency, INEC, had fixed April 11 and April … read more
THE riddle surrounding the kidnap on Thursday of two expatriate oil workers may have been solved as the leadership of the Ezetu 1 community in Southern Ijaw Council of Bayelsa State has claimed responsibility. Although the whereabouts of the hostages, … read more
A Briton taken hostage by armed men from a boat off the coast of Nigeria was said today to be “well”. An American man, also abducted from the vessel HD Commander while anchored near the Funiwa Platform offshore Bayelsa state … read more
THE on-going electronic voters registration exercise has been described as a ploy by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the country to rig next year�s election. Making this claim in Port Harcourt yesterday at a briefing while reacting to the … read more
AN international oil and gas conference center is to be constructed in Rivers State by the state government. This was made known yesterday by the state Commissioner of Information, Mr. Magnus Abe while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the … read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria will soon launch an offensive against some Nigerian-based business organisations that insist on foreign currencies for their services. In an apparent reaction to the complaints over some service providers who charge foreign currencies for their … read more
The impeached governor of the south-east Nigerian state of Anambra is refusing to leave office, leaving the state in political turmoil. Amid tight security, some state legislators voted to remove Peter Obi for gross misconduct on Thursday. His deputy is … read more
Virginia Etiaba has been sworn in as Nigeria’s first female governor after Anambra state legislature impeached Peter Obi for gross misconduct. She had been deputy governor in the south-eastern state and initially refused to take the position. Mr Obi said … read more