WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) at the weekend reported 3,872 laboratory-confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) Swine flu virus, including 11 deaths in 21 African countries as it today began the 59th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa at … read more
Two associates of detained former Oceanic Bank boss Cecilia Ibru have been declared wanted over alleged money laundering, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission stepped up its hunt for debtors and those involved in granting unsecure loans by the … read more
THERE appears a new twist to last week’s surrender of arms by repentant militants in Bayelsa State as indications emerged on Sunday that President Umaru Yar’Adua has ordered a discreet investigation into the sources of arms turned in by MEND … read more
The checkpoints along Nigeria’s borders with its neighbours violates the basic protocol of the Economic Community of West African States. The protocol on the free movement of persons, the right of residence and establishment, seeks to achieve a common market … read more
Following its offer of amnesty to the militants in the Niger Delta, Nigeria hopes that investment in the oil industry may pick up strongly after the offer expires in early October, assuming that a sufficient number of militants have accepted … read more
SIXTEEN of the over 60 bank executives being detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, are to be arraigned in Lagos tomorrow on sundry charges of lending money to customers without collateral. And as the effects of the … read more
The Nigerian Army has ratified the life jail slammed on 27 soldiers for staging a public protest in Akure, capital of South-west Ondo state, in 2008, but the sentences have been commuted to seven years imprisonment for each convicted soldier, … read more
Nigeria has defended its bid to extend its continental shelf from the present 200 nautical miles to 350 nautical miles. The Pan African News Agency (PANA) reports that the defence was made on Friday at the UN headquarters in New … read more
The military Joint Task Force is getting ready for a full offensive against militants who may be left in the creeks of the Niger Delta at the expiration of the amnesty deal by midnight on October 4, Sunday Independent has … read more
Beyond the September 15, 2009 fresh quit notice, which the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) gave to oil multinationals operating on oil platforms in Nigeria is a new threat to the country’s economy and global oil … read more