Not less than N946,084, 600.50 was realized by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) within the last seven months. Within the same period, the NCS also seized 172 vehicles, frozen poultry, textile products, vegetable oil and other goods. Total duty paid … read more
NIGERIA has acquired Strategic Intelligence Communication Network and Terrorist Monitoring and Surveillance Equipment. The equipment is to be handled and maintained by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA). The disclosure was made by the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Major General Halidu … read more
THE Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is set to expunge from its register over 300 aircraft it deems unsafe to fly the nation’s airspace. The plan was disclosed to the operators of the identified aircraft, who have been asked to … read more
FORMER Federal Commissioner of Information and National leader of the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality, Chief Edwin Clark, alleged, weekend, that the Joint Military Task Force (JMTF) in the Niger Delta deliberately opened fire on the peace emissaries because they thought Ijaw … read more
Nigeria will enjoy the performance of the US top artists at this year�s commemoration of the country�s independence anniversary celebrations. Over 18 Nigerian and international music idols have confirmed their participation at the first annual THISDAY Music Festival to take … read more
Masked rebels from Nigeria’s oil producing Niger Delta vowed revenge against the government and oil companies during the weekend funerals in remote mangrove forests of nine militants killed by troops. Near Oporoza, a village of thatched wooden huts accessible only … read more
The Nigerian government has again assured foreign oil investors and major players in the country that security in the troubled Niger Delta region will be brought under control. Nigeria’s minister of state for petroleum resources and president of theOrganisation of … read more
It was an admixture of tears and anger yesterday as the bodies of nine of the 15 Ijaw and Niger-Delta militants, who were recently killed by federal security forces at the coastal area of Letugbne in Bayelsa State, were laid … read more
Hostage takers released a Lebanese national Friday after seizing the man more than two weeks ago during a spate of kidnappings in Nigeria’s southern oil region, officials said. Danny Khoury, bearded and pale, told reporters after his release that he … read more
Following the rising spate of hostage taking in the Niger Delta Region, the State Security Services (SSS) warned yesterday that it would treat people who collaborated with hostage takers as terrorists. Speaking while parading a freed expatriate oil worker of … read more