The 14-Inch crude trunkline operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in the Niger Delta spilled 276 barrels of Shell’s Bonny Light crude blend in three incidents in April 2021. The Okordia-Rumekpe crude pipeline is part of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) network crisscrossing SPDC’s onshore fields which conveys... Read more

The National Agency for the Control of  AIDS (NACA)  on Friday called on the three tiers of government to participate more and take ownership of HIV/AIDS response  in the country. The Director-General of NACA, Dr  Gambo Aliyu  made the call at the ongoing 4-Day  HIV Media Advocacy and Social... Read more

.We’re not aware of security threats in nation’s capital, says Guards Brigade   There was heightened anxiety in parts of the Federal Capital Territory, on Thursday following reports of alleged imminent attacks on parts of the FCT. The PUNCH had reported exclusively on Wednesday that lawmakers had been notified... Read more

• They’re plotting to exterminate Igbo youths, group alleges   Some communities in Orlu, Imo State, were gripped by fear, yesterday, as military men at checkpoints shot sporadically for several hours. The shooting at Umuna and the Timber market junction on Orlu/Owerri road caused panic among the people who, he said,... Read more

The House of Representatives Committees on Petroleum Upstream, has given the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) two weeks ultimatum to appear and explain alleged irregularities in the corporation. The Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Sarki Ada (APC-Sokoto) issued the ultimatum at a public hearing on Thursday, following the refusal... Read more

The Chief Whip of Nigeria’ upp the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has urged security agencies to ensure the rescue of students of Abia State University (ABSU) who were kidnapped on Thursday. The yet-to-be-confirmed number of students were kidnapped while transiting on a bus on Okigwe-Uturu Road. Kalu in a... Read more

The Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba Abdganiy Adekunle has called on residents of Oyo State to stop selling lands to individuals that they cannot ascertain their nationality, an act, he said, contributes to insecurity in the land. According to the Aseyin, in a statement issued on Wednesday, security intelligence pointed... Read more

Chairman of the South East Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi, David Umahi, has explained reasons behind his opposition to the separatist agitations in the region being spearheaded by Nnamdi Kanu of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB). Umahi argued that dividing the nation into independent nations will not solve the... Read more

The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) on Wednesday said inadequate satellite and other facilities affect monitoring of bandits and other criminal elements operating in the country. The newly appointed Director-General of the Agency, Halilu Shaba disclosed this to journalists in Abuja after an interactive meeting with staff... Read more

Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka has disclosed that his 24 hours ‘disappearance’ was an incarceration by the Enugu Catholic Bishop, Most Rev Callistus Onaga, whom he accused of conniving with others (names not mentioned) to detain him because he spoke favourably about the leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra,... Read more