A court in Abuja on Tuesday charged five foreigners and three Nigerians with espionage, court documents showed. They all pleaded not guilty to a 12-count espionage charge. Romanian Bogdam Dumitrescu, 50, Israeli Eliav Hommossany, 46, Irishman James Nolan, 40, and … read more
Most of the dozens of troops and oil workers taken hostage in a raid on a navy base and neighboring oil facility in southern Nigeria have been released, police said Wednesday. The eight remaining hostages _ employees of a subsidiary … read more
No fewer than six corpses, suspected to be those of youths with militant leanings, have been seen floating around Bille, one of the fishing communities around the Cawthorne Channel, where militants killed five soldiers last week. The youths were believed … read more
Bille, one of the coastal communities in Rivers State, said to be harbouring militants, has appealed to the Rivers State Government and oil companies operating in the area to come to its aid by providing it with more land and … read more
“We have resumed operation at the Cawthorne Channel in the eastern Niger Delta. Some 18,000 barrels per day are now fully restored,\” the spokesman told AFP. He said some 9,000 barrels are still shut in at the Ekulama 1 flow-station … read more
Attackers overran a Nigerian navy base early Tuesday, taking several troops hostage, and occupied a nearby oil facility belonging to a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, a police official said. No deaths have been reported, said Hafiz Ringim, police … read more
We have received information about a recent increase in the incidence of robbery along Kingsway just prior to the 3rd mainland bridge, these robberies have taken place around 0430 hrs and have involved the use vehicles to block traffic – … read more
Humanitarian work by youths on the collapsed building on Ibadan Street, Ebute Metta, Lagos � after the government failed to act � paid off on Saturday evening as a man was rescued alive. They swung into action earlier in the … read more
The impeachment typhoon sweeping across Ekiti and Plateau states will not stop until it consumes many more governors in the black blook of President Olusegun Obasanjo, says impeached Bayelsa governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. Speaking with Daily Sun late last week … read more
The cost of operations of airlines operating in Nigeria may soon reduce with the establishment of hangars in the country by aircraft maintenance organisations (AMOs). When they fully begin operations, the AMO, of which Nigeria presently has four, could save … read more