Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

Ijaw shun Obasanjo’s talks on N-Delta

THE Ijaw have rejected the stakeholders� meeting on Niger Delta convened by President Olusegun Obasanjo on April 5. The Ijaw call it �a jamboree conference and another gimmick by the Federal Government to frustrate the Ijaw people.� Ijaw leader, Chief … read more

ROBBERY INCIDENT AT LAGOS AIRPORT

On Sunday 26th March 2006, an expatriate consultant on a scheduled business visit to Nigeria, was robbed on arrival at the MMIA. He arrived at about 2110 Hrs and went through immigration process and proceeded to meet with the airport … read more

Radar fails at Lagos airport

PILOTS and air traffic controllers had a difficult day as the Lagos airport radar developed faults yesterday, thereby forcing air traffic controllers to do their job manually. A pilot who narrated his ordeal to The Guardian said he had to … read more

Obasanjo To Meet With Niger Delta Leaders

President Olusegun Obasanjo has called a meeting with groups from the oil producing Niger Delta, including youth leaders, to tackle the crisis in the region. The meeting raises hopes that the government and militants were moving towards a negotiated truce … read more

Charles Taylor caught

Liberia’s exiled former leader Charles Taylor has been caught on the Cameroon border on his way out of Nigeria, a Nigerian police official has said. Mr Taylor’s disappearance on Monday from his villa came just 48 hours after Nigeria had … read more

Moves To Block Tax Evasion By Expatriates

State Internal Revenue Service (SIRS) has launched an aggressive tax collection drive among expatriates in the country, who are taxable on their worldwide incomes irrespective of where they were paid. According to Taiwo Oyedele, senior consultant of PricewaterhouseCoopers, there is … read more

FG Faults U.S. Advice To Investors

Minister of Commerce, Ambassador Adamu Waziri on Tuesday took up the gauntlet against an American Travel and business advisory to investors, which describes Nigeria as an investors� nightmare. The business advisory issued by the American Chamber of Commerce last week … read more

UK Visas go under an overhaul

What we are reproducing here is the official stance……. Let’s see if it works!!! Check out the new application procedure at: www.ukvak-ng.com Dana Services Limited, one of the companies appointed by the the British High Commission to provide logistics services … read more