Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

Mr Mathew Page, former United States intelligence community’s top expert on Nigeria has said that the U.S. and the United Kingdom are the biggest recipients of funds looted from Nigeria. Page, a senior policymaker at the White House, State Department, … read more

Researchers from as Swiss university have found that neonatal mortality rises if a child’s mother lives close to an oil spill before conception. The findings are worrying for residents of the oil-rich Niger Delta. Niger Delta resident Annkio Briggs still remembers … read more

The International Maritime Bureau has grouped Nigeria as a top piracy hotspot and described the nation’s waters as risky based on the high rate of deadly attack on vessels around the country. In its latest piracy report released on Tuesday, … read more

Nigerian police say gunmen have kidnapped four British nationals in the Niger Delta region. Police spokesperson Andrew Aniamaka said on Wednesday the four were abducted around 02:00 in Enukorowa community in the Burutu local government area. He says they include … read more

An Italian missionary priest freed by hostage-takers in Nigeria Wednesday returned to Italy on Thursday. Father Maurizio Pallù, a priest with the Rome diocese, touched down in his native Florence and was greeted with religious chants by friends and supporters. … read more

Truckers and Petroleum tankers have been barred from parking indiscriminately on Lagos roads, has the stakeholders, in a fresh resolution declared that all tankers, trailers and trucks should remain in truck terminals outside the state. The stakeholders, including the Nigerian … read more

Thousands of primary school teachers in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna state are to be sacked after failing the exams they set for their six-year-old pupils. State governor Nasir El-Rufai said 21,780 teachers, two-thirds of the total, had failed to score 75% … read more

For an oil-reliant economy that’s in the throes of a prolonged slump in crude prices, combating terrorism and fending off questions about its president’s health, Nigeria has managed to defy the odds. After a weak 2016, Africa’s largest oil producer … read more

Zanna Bukar Mustapha, who founded two schools offering free education to children affected by the Boko Haram insurgency, has won the Nansen Refugee Award given out by the UN Refugee Agency. He is credited with helping to facilitate the release of dozens … read more