Four Nigerian civil society organizations have petitioned the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Mr. Leandro Despouy, over the recent dismissal from the police of the country’s former anti-graft czar, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu. Ribadu was dismissed … read more
Residents of Port Harcourt have hailed the state government’s proposed ban of commercial motorcycle operators, popularly known as Okada. The Rivers Government had recently proposed a ban on commercial motorcycle operators in Port Harcourt and its environs starting from Dec. … read more
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) reported Monday that one of its dormant wells (BOMU-44) in K-Dere, at Ogoni land, in Nigeria’s restive Niger Delta region, was gutted by fire when unknown persons tried to syphon crude oil from the … read more
The federal government is to deploy military personnel to the streets of major towns in Oyo State from next month in an effort to stem the rising cases of armed robbery in the state, the state government has said. The … read more
The Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili, has lamented the shutting down of the nation’s official website – www.nigeria.gov.ng – as a result of the inability of government officials to maintain the national flagship. Akunyili, who spoke at … read more
The long-anticipated sack of embattled former chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Comm-ission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, from the Nigeria Police Force happened yesterday when the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mike Okiro, implemented the recommendation of dismissal by … read more
President Umaru Yar’Adua Tuesday named four ministers to his cabinet, bringing the total number of ministers to 41. The new ministers, who were inaugurated during a special cabinet meeting in the capital city of Abuja, are former government secretary Ufot … read more
In a bid to put an end to assaults on motorists by armed forces personnel, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike, yesterday barred all categories of military officers except himself and the Service Chiefs from … read more
MILITANTS in the Niger Delta have announced cease-fire on December 25. In an online statement to Sunday Vanguard signed by Jomo Gbomo, the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) said it was done in the spirit of Christmas. … read more
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will today arraign former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, before a Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged money laundering offences. Also, the Commission, yesterday, formally placed the former Minister of the … read more