The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro yesterday implored armed groups in the Niger Delta to avail themselves of the amnesty offered by President Umaru Yar’Adua on Thursday and be rehabilitated “as the new security scheme that would be … read more
The Nigerian Communications Communication (NCC) will from next July commence the registration of all SIM cards the operational software running GSM mobile phones in the country. GSM mobile phone users who fail to register their cards at the end of … read more
Nigeria’s Kano State and US drugs firm Pfizer have agreed to settle a multi-million dollar lawsuit out of court, lawyers for both sides say. Pfizer has been accused of killing 11 children and injuring 181 others when an antibiotic was … read more
The Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro said a total of 128 people consisting of expatriates and local people fell victims to hostage-taking and kidnapping between January 1, 2008 to Dec 31 of the same year in Rivers State. According … read more
The head of a new Nigerian ministry charged with calming the restive petroleum region of Africa’s biggest crude oil producer said yesterday that the global economic meltdown may paradoxically be contributing to peace efforts. Even as the oil region’s main … read more
President Umaru Yar’Adua on Thursday took his resolve to end the lingering crisis in the Niger Delta a step further by announcing amnesty for all militants in the region. But the amnesty came with a proviso: It will cover only … read more
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency said Thursday it was questioning suspects in a multi-million dollar cash-for-contract scandal embroiling U.S. giant Halliburton Co (HAL) and three former heads of state. Justice Minister Michael Aondoakaa has flown to Washington to seek U.S. cooperation in … read more
The Government of Rivers State, yesterday, issued a White Paper on the recommendations of the State Truth and Reconciliation Commission headed by Justice Kayode Eso. Among other things, the White Paper ordered the investigation of ex-Governor Peter Odili and former … read more
Kidnappers and hostage takers pocketed ransoms of over $100 million (about N15 billion) between 2006 and 2008, the Inspector General of Police, Sir Mike Okiro, said in Abuja yesterday. Speaking at the first summit of Alex Ekwueme Foundation International summit … read more
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Enugu Zone, have questioned a Briton, and others over an alleged N300 million fraud in International Equitable Association Ltd (IEA), an Industrial and Commercial Company, located at Umungasi, Aba, Abia state. … read more