Last week in Abuja, former sports minister Ismaila Sambawa visited the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) trying to resolve problems relating to his frozen assets. For two years, the Yar’Adua administration had leaned on the EFCC to place a … read more
She is a grandmother, but authorities tracking the remaining members of the Nigerian Taliban after crushing the sect’s uprising a year ago may have reason for concern. The 48-year-old whose son was among the sect members killed in the fighting … read more
A new group of about 600 former rebels from Nigeria’s main oil producing region are to enter a government retraining camp from Sunday, a government statement said. The 600 are from about 20 groups in the Niger Delta which had … read more
Visibly angry ex-militants, protesting the shabby handling of the post-amnesty programme, stormed the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Center in Warri, Delta State, yesterday, causing pandemonium among the residents and passers-by in the area. The ex-militants, who came in … read more
A former Nigerian official arrested in Dubai by Interpol on charges of siphoning off millions of dollars of state assets is due to be extradited to Britain, a local newspaper reported on Monday James Ibori, governor of the southern oil … read more
Police guarded the ruins of the Nigerian Taliban’s mosque on Monday, a year after it launched an uprising put down by a brutal military assault, with fears a new attack was being planned. Authorities also worked night checkpoints in this … read more
The looming national blackout was averted yesterday at the 11th hour following the assent by the federal government to meet all the demands of Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) and National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE). … read more
Police searched for weapons and residents were on edge here Saturday ahead of the one-year anniversary of a deadly uprising by the Nigerian Taliban, with fears it would strike again. A sect leader believed killed appeared on video issuing threats … read more
Shell plans to sell off some of its onshore oil fields in southern Nigeria, a company source said Friday, with the facilities located in a region where the industry has faced repeated militant attacks. The fields are believed to account … read more
There is pressure now on President Goodluck Jonathan to declare whether he will run in 2011 presidential election as the Senate on Wednesday approved a constitutional amendment requiring elections in January, shortening the campaign period. The presidential race is shaping … read more