President Muhammadu Buhari this morning disappointed those who had expected that he would personally flag off the oil spill clean-up exercise in Ogoniland. What with the elaborate publicity given to his...

Niger Delta militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, has announced it blew up two oil wells operated by Chevron at about 3:44am this morning. The group described the wells as RMP 24 and RMP 23 and claimed...

The terrorist group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is quickly losing territory in Iraq and Syria but gaining in Libya. This was revealed in an unreleased report by the United Nations. ISIS which...

A Petrol tanker carrying the label and colours of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, last night lost control at Idimu in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State and rammed into a...

Former Chadian military dictator, Hissene Habre has been pronounced guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison. The historical and theatrical trial which involved his being dragged...

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom is carrying a heavy heart. He, like many citizens of his state, has come under the humiliating attacks by Fulani nomads who appear determined to occupy the land...

Ese Oruru, the 14-year-old child who was lured away from her parents in Yenagoa, taken to Kano and allegedly married by Yunusa Dahiru was delivered of a baby girl this morning. The delivery which happened...

“We will not leave our lands for Fulani herdsmen and in a system where the leadership of the country looks the other way while our people are being killed, we will have no option but to defend...

There was heavy shooting at Igando, a suburb of Lagos, at noon today. The shooting which was witnessed by our reporter was by men of the Nigeria Police. It was all in an attempt by the police to...

By  Peter Oyedele | A sense of fear today pervades many parts of Nigeria, particularly the Middle Belt, South South, South East and South West.  Fulani herdsmen are almost on a daily basis unleashing...

The cloud is gathering again. Trouble appears to have returned once more to the honey pot of the nation. It may yet be the dawn of another season of militancy in the oil rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria....

By Kenneth Duru Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote made a rather unusual outing last Friday. It was at The Guardian’s Man of the Year Award for 2015 which he won. The pomp, the colour and the media...

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has announced that the Port Harcourt Refining Company now produces...

By Cosmas Chukwu | “I don’t want any distraction. Don’t distract us. Now you will go and write, ‘Mbaka this, Mbaka that’ and what I did not say. No. Please don’t write anything. Maybe after...

• Commuters resort to trekking • Rights groups protest in Edo Amid efforts by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and independent marketers to ensure the supply of Premium Motor Spirit...