President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua yesterday said only credible elections will guarantee peace in the polity, adding that his administration remains fully committed to curbing electoral malpractices. Yar�Adua said this while addressing a delegation from Kano State branch of the Peoples … read more
Nigerian government has handed over Tombo-Mota, a fishing village in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State to Niger Republic. The decision is taken after the five-year dispute over status of the community was resolved by a Joint Standing Committee … read more
President Umaru Yar�Adua on Monday passed a vote of no confidence in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Yar�Adua, at the opening of the eighth edition of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Conference in Abuja, said the NNPC had derailed from … read more
The former Governor of Cross River State , Mr. Donald Duke, and his wife, Onari, were guests of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission on Monday, where they were interrogated over alleged acts of financial misappropriation. Duke … read more
The following letter was culled from one of the Italian papers. It appears to be from MEND and is addressed to President George W. Bush who is currently on a whirlwind tour of Africa. Chief Mr President: Greetings from the … read more
FRESH facts have emerged indicating current crude oil shut-in is now one million barrels per day against 600,000 barrels reported early this year by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). From when this figure hit one million barrels per day … read more
The Rivers State Governor, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, on Sunday ordered the leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante Movement, Mr. Ateke Tom, to surrender his arms as a proof of his genuine interest in peace. Tom had on February 13, joined … read more
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has declared that poverty remains high in Nigeria despite several years of solid growth. The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revealed this in an analysis of the Nigerian economy in the Article … read more
Former Special Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo on Policies and Project Implementation, Professor Julius Ihonvbere, on Friday blamed the high rate of poverty in the country on the past leaders of the nation. According to him, such leaders are criminals … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has threatened to carry out random attacks on senior military officers from the rank of Brigadier-General, if Mr. Henry Okah, deported from Angola over alleged terrorism, is manhandled by the … read more