Nigeria dropped nine places to 130th position out of the 180 countries ranked on the global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2009 by Transparency International (TI), a global anti-corruption watchdog. The survey measures domestic public sector corruption in selected countries and … read more
Over 300 Nigerians, mostly fishermen, have arrived the Ekpri-Ikang retu-rnees’ camp following continued harassment by the Cameroon gendarmes in the Bakassi Peninsula. The new arrivals have raised the number of Nigerians who fled the peninsula and are now putting up … read more
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted technical approval to Arik Airlines to begin flights to the U.S. from November 29, the Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority Harold Demuren, said yesterday in Lagos. The announcement … read more
THE reported abduction of Nollywood star actor and comedian, Nkem Owoh a.k.a. Osuofia on Tuesday, November 11, has added to the worsening wave of kidnapping, insecurity and criminality in the country. The incident has provoked fear among Nollywood actors and … read more
From: Jomo Gbomo Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:52 AM To: Chief Oyibo; Subject: Threat to Ceasefire In the midst of negotiations towards a comprehensive resolution of the unrest in the Niger Delta, the Nigerian military Joint Task Force (JTF) … read more
The army says it will continue to beef up security around oil facilities in the Niger Delta to forestall illegal lifting of crude oil. Suspected oil thieves have increased attacks on oil facilities. The special military force in the Niger … read more
Nigerian citizens across the board would have to start coughing out a plethora of taxes with state governments in the country determined to start funding their budgets with Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) beginning from the 2010 financial year. At the … read more
LONG fuel queues have hit Lagos State and other major cities across the country, as the problem of logistics hinders efforts by the Pipeline Products and Marketing Company, PPMC, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to discharge … read more
The federal government says it will force oil majors producing crude oil in the country to either build their own refineries or take equities in existing ones. These are the two avenues through which government hopes to increase domestic refining … read more
THE Amnesty programme may have begun to yield fruit as Nigeria’s oil production has reached a record 2.4 million barrels per day (mbpd), the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Mohammed Barkindo, said at the … read more