FORMER Minister of Finance, Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday revealed to members of the House of Representatives panel probing the alleged misuse of power project fund how former President Olusegun Obasanjo�s government spent N220.4 billion on the energy sector … read more
AFTER what appeared to be a lull in the incidence of bank robberies, dare-devil armed men yesterday attacked a bullion van belonging to a first generation bank on Aba Road, Port Harcourt and carted away more than N50 million. Also … read more
INVESTIGATIONS may actually have been initiated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into the eight-year rule of immediate past President Olusegun Obasanjo. Indication to this effect came from the Commission’s Head, General Investigations, Mr. Sanda Umaru, in Lagos … read more
Hasty conclusions on President Musa Yar�Adua administration�s respect for the rule of law, has been faulted by a non-governmental organisation (NGO). CLEEN Foundation, at a press conference on �Indicators for Measuring Government�s Respect For Rule of Law in Nigeria� held … read more
The Cross River State government has said that it has given up hope of finding the Beechcraft 1900D owned by Wings Aviation, which was declared missing with three crew members on March 15. But the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) … read more
Riot policemen and troops of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Restore Hope, were on Tuesday deployed in Orerokpe, the headquarters of Okpe Local Government Area, Delta State, following Monday�s mayhem in the community. Policemen and soldiers … read more
The heavy military presence in the Niger Delta will soon be reduced, the Secretary of the Government of Federation, Ambassador Baba Gana-Kingibe, said on Tuesday. Delivering the opening address at the 9th gathering of the Gulf of Guinea Security Strategy … read more
A woman and her three month-old baby were kidnapped from their Port Harcourt, Rivers State home yesterday. They were abducted just as the wife of a Bayelsa State lawmaker, Dorothy Otele, who was kidnapped two weeks ago, regained her freedom. … read more
THE Presidency Wednesday continue its attempt at averting the planned nationwide strike by members of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) over Mobil Oil Nigeria (NON) Plc, to protest the sack of all unit union leaders … read more
AIR traffic engineers yesterday gave an account of their last contact with Beechcraft 1900D aircraft, believed to have crashed in the Obudu area of Cross River State. At the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, President of the National Association of Air … read more