Powerful Nigerian politicians are seeking to derail attempts to fight high-level corruption by weakening the main anti-graft agency and hounding Nuhu Ribadu, its former head, officials within the unit have warned. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity for … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua has ordered an investigation into allegations that the Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ambassador Sam Edem, spent N1billion to secure the services of a sorcerer to employ spiritual means to enable him secure … read more
GOVERNOR Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State says the Niger Delta struggle, as it is presently being prosecuted, is not ideological and the militants are breaking the laws of the country by carrying arms. Governor Amaechi who delivered the keynote addresss … read more
Inspector General of Police (IG), Mike Okiro, on Thursday held a closed doors meeting with German Ambassador to Nigeria, Joachim Schmillen, to discuss issues relating to the threat issued by Niger Delta militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of Niger … read more
THE National In stitute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS), Kuru, Plateau State, reacted yesterday to the demotion of former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who is undergoing a course at the institute, … read more
Global energy watchdog, the International Energy Agency (IEA)has said that Nigeria remained the biggest and seemingly unending source of problem for oil supply and surge in prices of the commodity. The incessant attacks on oil installations in Nigeria, the Paris-based … read more
The President may have ordered the probe of Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Ambassador Sam Edem for allegedly spending N270 million on ritual, it was learnt yesterday. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), it was learnt, … read more
The Chinese government has tasked the Inspector General of police (IGP), Mike Okiro, over the disappearance of one of its citizens, who was kidnapped in the Niger-Delta area over a year ago. Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Xu Jiangyuo, who stated … read more
Reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) or its contractors might be paying Niger Delta militants to protect its facilities have strengthened the belief that President Yar�adua may lack the political will to deal decisively with the festering insurgency … read more
True to speculations which had been making the rounds for some time now, the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has been demoted from the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) to … read more