By  Ifeanyi Okolie

ASABA—No fewer than 15 Nigerians and two Ghanaians were yesterday arraigned before a federal high court in Asaba, Delta state by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over illegal oil bunkering.

The 15 Nigerians docked for conspiracy and illegal oil bunkering include: Ebizugbe Kennedy, Kalu Emmanuel, Awagbe Peter, Alonte Kehinde, Moloko [...]

By Adekunle Adekoya, with agency reports

LAGOS—NITEL’s privatization took a new twist yesterday when China’s second biggest mobile operator, China Unicom, announced in a statement that one of its subsidiaries, China Unicom (Europe) Operations Ltd is interested in the ailing carrier, but as yet, there are no discussions on any “substantive and legally binding agreements.”

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A former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Walter Carrington will today deliver a public lecture titled “Electoral Reform and Good Governance: Lessons for Nigeria” as part of activities marking the first year in office of Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State.

By Victor Ahiuma-Young

LAGOS — WORKERS in the nation’s oil industry have called on the Federal Government and others concerned to stop making a comedy act of the health predicament and disclose the true position of the President’s health to Nigerians who elected him as President.

The umbrella body for senior staff in the petroleum [...]

By Chris Ochayi

ABUJA—Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Ufot Ekaette has announced the preparedness of the ministry to collaborate with the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, with a view to using the university’s facilities to train the ex-militants and youths in the region.

Chief Ekaette, who disclosed this measure while receiving the visiting University’s [...]

By Gbenga Akanmu

LAGOS — Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, during a plenary urged the Acting President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, to urgently  address the  power and petroleum challenges facing the country.

The call came when a lawmaker, Babatunde Adewale, under Matters of Urgent Public Importance called attention to a fire outbreak [...]

Lagos lawyer, Mr Festus Keyamo, yesterday, sued both the Federal Executive Council, FEC, and the President of the Senate before a Federal high court sitting in Abuja over their failure to remove President Umaru Musa Yara’Adua from office on account of his ill-health.

HUNDREDS of residents of Ejule in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State yesterday fled the town as heavy fighting broke out amongst some youths, which has left six persons dead and several others seriously injured.