Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

Jos crisis: Police arrest 60 suspects

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

Alamieseigha declares militancy dead

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

Check-in equipment crashes at Lagos airport

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

Fuel Scarcity May Persist Till May

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

EFCC Seals off 104 Cecilia Ibru Properties

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

Yar’Adua’s prolonged absence from duty

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

Yar’Adua: Is he a goner?

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

Ransom demand for British hostages

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