STATE Security Service (SSS) operatives in Delta State are now on the trail of a Warri-based female socialite said to be a sponsor of militants operating in the Niger-Delta region just as about 300 militants have either fled the region … read more
LEADERS of the oil workers in the country have directed members in the export and other strategic terminals to begin the process of shutting down all operations towards the planned three days national strike beginning Wednesday to protest amongst others … read more
The management of TSKJ which is handling the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas project in Bonny, Rivers State, which was rocked by a face-off with its workers has announced that agreements have been reached for the resumption of full scale work … read more
General Ibrahim Babangida (IBB)�s quest for the nation�s top job in 2007 may have run into bad weather if feelers coming from his political camp are anything to go by. The former military president�s camp has allegedly broken along lines … read more
Lack of heavy equipment by construction giants, Julius Berger Plc, on Friday, stalled the removal of DHL Boeing 727 cargo aircraft that crashed in Lagos on Thursday. Aviation sources told Saturday Independent that the company has promised to evacuate the … read more
In what may be described as another major tragedy in the nation’s transport sector, more than 60 people were yesterday evening burnt to death along Lagos /Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State. Eight vehicles were said to have caught fire following … read more
Nigeria’s anti-corruption body has made its largest single seizure of illegally acquired assets belonging to a dead electoral official and pastor. The $55m estate of Timothy Olufemi Akanni came to the attention of the authorities after his two widows rowed … read more
Mr. Festus Keyamo, a counsel to the Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo, has raised the alarm over the state of health of his client who is presently being detained at the State … read more
A B727 cargo aircraft belonging to a courier firm, DHL yesterday overshot the runway at the Murtala Muhammed Airport shortly after it landed on the 18L runway which got flooded at the Mafoluku axis occasioned by a heavy downpour. Although … read more
Joint National Executive Council (NEC) of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) yesterday reiterated their threat to paralyse all activities in the industry with … read more