President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua yesterday told the private sector leaders a bitter truth: Corruption in your midst is worse than the much maligned public offices. He also pledged to effectively tackle the long-drawn unrest in the Niger Delta region. The … read more
The Rivers State Government has vowed to stand by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, in spite of the money laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The Secretary to the … read more
MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) says President Yar’Adua’s “nightmares” on the Niger-Delta, which he openly confessed, last weekend, won’t end in a hurry, warning that the nightmares may develop to “insomnia and hallucinations” except the president accedes … read more
DEMOCRATIC Party candidate, Senator Barack Obama, is mobilising Nigerians in the US to in turn mobilise the Nigerian community there to vote in next month’s American presidential elections. This is coming as efforts to get out people to vote has … read more
The detained leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Mr. Henry Okah, has said that the Federal Government is unwilling to prosecute the powerful retired generals behind gunrunning in the Niger Delta. Okah, who is being … read more
The Chief of Staff to Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, Mr. Ezebunwo Wike, is to spend the weekend in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following his inability to meet the bail conditions set by an Abuja … read more
Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) has explained why Rivers State has remained the focus of its violent attacks. The state was the theatre of the five-day ‘Oil war’ declared by the group following what it alleged was attacks … read more
Voting was underway in Nigeria’s commercial centre Lagos Saturday to elect chairmen and councillors for 57 local government and council development areas, officials said. “Voting started at 8:00 am (0700 GMT) in the morning and will end at 4:00 pm … read more
A senior official from Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta pleaded not guilty on Thursday to embezzling $40 million in public funds, in a corruption case being closely watched by militants in the restive region. Ezebunwo Nyeson Wike, chief of staff to … read more
Lagos State Government yesterday announced restriction of movements tomorrow, (Saturday) between the hours of 8.00am and 4.00pm throughout the state. This is comimg as President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and the Federal Government were advised against following the footstep of former … read more