Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

Mystery over ‘Balewa impersonator’

There is controversy in Nigeria about the identity of a man linked to the president who was kidnapped and freed in a dramatic rescue over the weekend. Jhalil Tafawa Balewa, a key political ally of President Goodluck Jonathan, was abducted … read more

Killings, violence come as election looms

Violence targeting politicians and their aides appears to be increasing in northern Nigeria as next year’s elections draw closer in Africa’s most populous nation. Unknown gunmen on Saturday shot and killed a personal assistant to Bauchi state Gov. Malam Isa … read more

Nigeria to privatise electricity sector

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday laid out plans to privatise most of the country’s power sector, with corruption and mismanagement leading to daily outages in the oil-rich nation. “We need a revolution in the power sector,” Jonathan said in what … read more

Electricity workers’ strike ends

Nigeria’s National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), the umbrella group for the country’s electricity workers, Thursday called off its nationwide strike, which started We dnesday, after reaching an agreement with the federal government. NUEE Spokesman Temple Iworima Owirima told journalists … read more

Boko Haram snipers kill 3 policemen

Members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect appeared to have resorted to guerrilla warfare as they waylaid and shot dead three policemen in Damaturu and Maiduguri, centres of the deadly violence sparked by the group in July last year. In … read more

Trouble over toll on Lekki Road

WHAT a few months ago, many regarded as a welcome road infrastructural development on the 49.4 kilometre Lekki-Epe Expressway, on the outskirts of Lagos has now become a subject or raging controversy Neither the residents and motorists who were witnesses … read more