After a meeting between President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and the �Aaron Team� picked by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to represent it in talks with the Federal Government took place, the militant group has for … read more
Switzerland has inflicted a shock 1-0 defeat on hosts Nigeria to win the 2009 Fifa Under-17 World Cup in Abuja. Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets were chasing an unprecedented fourth U-17 world crown in front of a home crowd. When it was … read more
THE Federal Government and the Aaron Team put together by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to negotiate crucial issues affecting the region, met yesterday in Abuja, the Federal Capital. The meeting, at the instance of … read more
Nigerian media, this week, turned attention to the pledge by President Umaru Yar’Adua to deal decisively with any public official who runs foul of the law. “I won’t shield corrupt officials – Yar’Adua”, was the headline of the Vanguard newspaper … read more
A commuter bus commandeered by an official of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) crashed into the crowd killing many people early Saturday morning in Adeniji Adele part of Lagos, Nigeria. An eye witness told The Times of Nigeria that … read more
Six days after he was seized on the Port Harcout-Enugu Expressway, the popular Nollywood actor, Nkem Owoh, aka Osuofia, on Saturday regained freedom from his abductors. Owoh‘s freedom was said to have been negotiated by members of his family who … read more
ANOTHER convict may be in the making in the ongoing investigation regarding how an American oil services company, WILLBROS, indulged in a $6m bribery scandal in Nigeria, US government lawyers have revealed in Washington DC. But Nigeria is yet to … read more
THE Bakassi Freedom Fighters (BFF) has threatened to go back to the creeks of Bakassi as over 800 Nigerians were early this month sacked by the Camerounian Gendarmes from the hitherto disputed territory. Over 400 Nigerians were sent packing from … read more
It is no longer news that the federal government has advanced its plan to fully deregulate the country’s downstream oil sector. Consultations have been in top gear with major oil companies operating in the country, the labour unions and other … read more
Repentant militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo has said that he was part of those that put at least 75 per cent of the governors in power in Niger-Delta today in the position they are occupying. Tompolo who made … read more