Prisons in Nigeria are notorious, with many of the country’s 40,000 inmates crammed into massively overcrowded, dilapidated cells in old prisons. The most shocking statistic is that some two thirds of all the prisoners in Nigeria have not been convicted. … read more
CAN you believe that some of the expatriates who work as experts for the multinational oil corporations operating in the Niger Delta are artisans from places like Egypt and Thailand? This was the question asked by one of the Niger … read more
Barely a week after President Olusegun Obasanjo held a meeting with stakeholders in the Niger Delta region, the Movement for the Emancipation of the peoples of the Niger Delta, (MEND) has given fresh ultimatum to the foreigners in the region. … read more
(Reuters) – Militants whose attacks have shut a quarter of Nigerian oil output threatened on Friday to execute anyone found on previously attacked oil platforms operated by Royal Dutch Shell . The threat came as the oil giant said it … read more
A series of meetings to put an end to the attack on President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by Vice President Atiku Abubakar were held yesterday by the party’s leadership at the zonal and national levels. The … read more
Nigeria�s president and vice- president have called for each other�s resignation in what is seen by diplomats as a significant threat to stability in the world�s eighth largest oil exporter. A statement from the office of Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria�s vice-president, … read more
Worried by the rising cost of aviation fuel in the country, President Olusegun Obasanjo has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Coporation (NNPC) to supply the product directly to the nation’s airports through pipelines. Airline operators, groaning under the increasing cost … read more
The Federal Government, yesterday, in Abuja said no fewer that 50,000 of the nation�s engineers were either unemployable or needed additional training to make themselves relevant in today�s emerging technologies. Speaking at the opening of the multi-million dollar Technical Assistance … read more
In yet another public confirmation of the rift in the Presidency, Vice-President Atiku Abubakar yesterday morning declared that he was prepared to bear the consequences of his opposition to a third term in office for President Olusegun Obasanjo. But in … read more
Nigeria`s federal government Wednesday constituted a 50-member Council of Social and Economic Development of the Coastal States of the Niger Delta, in an effort to rapidly develop the poverty-ridden oil-producing Niger Delta region and end the violence which has cut … read more