Nigerian militants are demanding a $1.5 million ransom for the release of two Russian sailors abducted from a vessel at a port in Cameroon last month, the Jour newspaper reported on Wednesday. The North Spirit vessel with a Russian-Ukrainian crew, … read more
James Ibori’s relentless run of bad karma continued today as the Dubai police revoked his bail on sight. The police, acting on actionable intelligence that Ibori might flee Dubai, having become desperate following the sentencing of two of his associates … read more
From: Jomo Gbomo Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 10:38 PM To: Chief Oyibo; Subject: MEND Fighters clash with military JTF The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) can confirm that there was a bloody confrontation at about … read more
Re-training for thousands of Nigeria’s ex-militants who laid down arms under an amnesty deal in the restive oil-rich southern Niger Delta is set to get underway later this month, a minister said. The training of the some 20,000 former armed … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan has nominated a university don, Attahiru Jega, to head the nation’s electoral agency, Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole said on Tuesday. The National Council of State — a body that comprises the president, state governors, the speakers … read more
An outbreak of lead poisoning linked to illegal gold mining that left more 160 people dead in Nigeria is unprecedented, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday. More than 100 of those killed in the … read more
Omotayo Mobolaji Johnson, a geologist and staff of Chevron PLC has been arrested in connection with the attempt to kidnap a bank executive at Ikoyi, Lagos. Two middle-aged suspects, Tommy Ebikeme and Edward Anigbhoro were also arrested during the June … read more
More details have emerged of how German auto-maker, Daimler AG, distributed bribes to public officials in Nigeria in exchange for government patronage. The automaker had, in April paid $185 million (N28 billion) to settle allegations that it had violated U.S. … read more
Soldiers deployed to maintain peace in Nigeria’s flashpoint central city of Jos Monday halted a protest by motor-taxi riders against an official ban on their operation, army spokesman said. “They were resisting the enforcement of the ban. Our soldiers monitored … read more
The Nigerian government has cancelled the contract for a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the nation’s capital, after federal MPs said the cost was too high. The 4.4km runway, which is expected to augment the only … read more