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Daily Champion (Lagos)When Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu and his junior officer cadre military colleagues struck, in what has become Nigeria's first military coup, on January 15, 1966, they had hinged their action on poor approach to governance by the politicians that held sway as at that time.
This Day (Lagos)Lagos - Three British nationals and a Colombian were yesterday morning kidnapped at Owaza Junction in Abia State along Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway by yet-to-be identified gunmen. A Nigerian security officer, whose identity was not immediately known, was reportedly killed, while their driver sustained injuries in the attack.
Daily Champion (Lagos)Port Harcourt - Security agencies in Delta state have commenced investigation into last week's sabotage of oil facility belonging to Chevron Nigeria Limited at Makaraba.
Spokesman for the Joint Task Force, (JTF), Lt. Colonel Timothy Antigha disclosed this in a press statement made available to Daily Champion.
This Day (Lagos)Lagos - Following Federal Government's amnesty programme for repentant Niger Delta militants, which had culminated in a ceasefire and significant increase in crude oil production in the region, United States oil major, Chevron, has shut down its Makaraba-Utonana pipeline in Delta State.