Cameroonian authorities searching for six people abducted by armed militants near the Nigerian border found five mutilated and bullet-riddled bodies, Cameroon’s military headquarters said yesterday. Cameroonian authorities, according Reuters, have blamed previous violence in the area on rebels from Nigeria�s … read more
One week after her confirmation as new chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri has shown the first signs of her cooperation with the coalition of corrupt elements who sponsored her appointment. Our sources said … read more
The military institution in Nigeria is no longer a threat to the survival of the nation’s democracy, Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Luka Yusuf, said yesterday in Gusau, Zamfara State. The Army chief, who gave the assurance while on a … read more
Federal Government has awarded contract for the rehabilitation of Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu, in keeping with the promise by President Musa Yar�adua to upgrade the airport to an international status. It would be recalled that Yar�Adua had late last year … read more
The Federal Govern-ment has reinstated its determination to bring down the increasing price of cement in spite of the recent desperate moves by a cartel to frustrate its efforts. A top government official told LEADERSHIP last night that “the move … read more
Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has alleged that Governor Chibuike Amaechi was behind the spate of cultism and violence in Rivers State. This is as chairman of the Rivers State Truth and Reconciliation … read more
President Umaru Yar�Adua on Friday in Paris announced that the long awaited state of emergency in Nigeria�s power sector would commence in July. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Communication, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, said the President … read more
The United Kingdom said it was set to return to Nigeria, assets worth about 40 million British Pounds (N1.1 billion) looted by the Nigerian public officials who are being investigated and prosecuted in Britain. Some former governors are being investigated … read more
Supporters and fans of the former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, appear to have abandoned their boss who is now battling to save his name and protect his political future, following sustained allegations that he was responsible for … read more
Nigerian National Petroleum Corp., the state oil company, will take over operations in the Ogoni district of southern Nigeria from a Royal Dutch Shell Plc joint venture in an effort to revive oil production, the country’s president said. The removal … read more