More than 80 percent of rebels who have disrupted oil operations in Nigeria’s Niger Delta have accepted an amnesty and hardliners will probably do so too, a former rebel commander told Reuters on Sunday. “So far, the amnesty has been … read more
SOME legal practitioners who participated in the probe launched against the former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, in Nigeria have volunteered to release more information to the British court currently trying some aides of the former governor for … read more
Nigerians spend about N796.4 billion on fuel to generate electric power every year, the National Electricity Regula-tory Commission (NERC) has said. This figure is strikingly similar to the federal budget of N796.7 billion for capital expenditure for the current fiscal … read more
Passengers travelling through the new domestic terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMA2), Lagos with some airlines will now pay N1,000 service charge directly to terminal operator before accessing departure lounge. The management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), … read more
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has returned to Abuja after a visit to Saudi Arabia, his office said on Saturday. “The president is back. He returned to the country last night,” a senior presidential aide told AFP. Yar’Adua, 58, travelled to … read more
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday described as false the allegation by the embattled former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori , that he had lobbied him for the post of the Inspector General … read more
FORMER governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, has said that he likes the way Nigeria is being run by the Yar’’Adua administration, adding that the rot and decay in the nation cannot be easily undone by the present administration … read more
Militant leader, “General” John Togo, yesterday handed over arms and ammunition in his possession to the military coordinator of the amnesty programme in Delta State, Lt-Commander Yahaya Chindo, saying those were all the arms he had. Togo, who operates in … read more
A traditional ruler of Akpo Kingdom in Ikwerre area of Rivers State, Eze Badumeru Onwuna Oriebe, was Saturday shot dead at his residence in Ozuoba. Details of the killing at press time were hazy but community sources said the traditional … read more
About 200 former militants, on Friday, took to the streets of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, protesting over non-payment of allowance as agreed by the Federal Government in the amnesty deal with them. The protest paralysed social and commercial activities in the … read more