Nasarawa Gwom in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State remained a ghost town yesterday, a day after the violence in which scores died. A similar disturbance occurred in the area 14 months ago. Despite the gradual return of … read more
FIRST civilian governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, declared at Patani in Delta State, weekend, that militan-cy was dead and no longer fashionable as far as the liberation of the Ijaw ethnic nationality and Niger-Delta was concerned. Also, former … read more
Hundreds of passengers were left stranded on Sunday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos after the check-in system at the airport crashed. The system breakdown, which occurred in the morning, prompted international airline operators at the airport to … read more
The perennial fuel scarcity rocking Nigeria may persist till May, Sunday Independent gathered at the weekend. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which was hitherto responsible for importation of 47 per cent out of the 32 million litres of fuel … read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the weekend, said it had sealed off 104 properties and confiscated shares in 77 companies belonging to the sacked Managing Director of Oceanic Bank Plc, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru. The anti-graft agency, however, … read more
THREE days after Prof. Wole Soyinka led a protest against the power vacuum created by the absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua, the Nobel Laureate yesterday canvassed more demonstrations to check the nation’s political crisis. Also, concerned with the nation’s political … read more
THE drama, intrigue and uncertainty over President Umaru Yar’Adua’s prolonged absence from duty are unlikely to abate even with the latest judicial pronouncement. On Wednesday, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Daniel Abutu, ruled that Vice President … read more
VICE-PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, performed first official presidential function when he presided over the 2010 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration at the Arcade, Abuja. The vice-president arrived at the venue of the event at 10.00 a.m., accompanied by mounted … read more
JUST before November’s Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, Umaru Yar’Adua, Nigeria’s president, started complaining of chest pains while he was in a mosque. As his compatriots happily began a four-day weekend, he was flown to a clinic in Saudi Arabia. … read more
Nigerian gunmen have demanded a ransom of 1.2 million pounds for the release of three Britons and a Colombian abducted this week, the police said Friday. “The kidnappers have asked for payment of 300 million naira before the men can … read more