Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Owoye Azazi, has debunked claims that the armed forces colluded with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig the 2007 general elections. Azazi was joined as the 810th respondent in the petition filed by … read more
AS the turbulence in the international oil market persists, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has directed two ministers to meet with organised Labour on how to strike a balance between the energy crisis and the well-being of Nigerians. Yar’Adua’s order was … read more
SECURITY situation in the Niger Delta region heightened yesterday as both military and police authorities put their men on red alert, following weekend�s threat by militants to attack military and police in the area. However, Commander of the Joint Military … read more
River State governor, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi yesterday said other ethnic groups in the Niger Delta should emulate the people of Ogoni who have persistently agitated against the neglect and injustice suffered by their people without resorting to the use of … read more
MALLAM Nuhu Ribadu may not quit the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, afterall as indications emerged weekend, that he will only be on leave of absence during his nine-month course at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, … read more
FOR eight years, the National Assembly was famous for reported financial recklessness and bogged down by weighty financial scandals. But the federal legislature seems to have reinvented itself, as it returned a princely unspent N7 billion to the national treasury … read more
Prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark on Saturday asked President Umaru Yar�Adua to authorise investigations into allegations that the immediate past Rivers State government was paying militants in the area N100 million monthly until the middle of last year. He … read more
ON a day that the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND threatened to strike at more states in the region, the Rivers State government and the former Minister of Transport, Dr. Abiye Sekibo were yesterday engaged in … read more
A common social problem in South Africa, the rape of underaged females by HIV-positive men seeking a cure may have spread to Nigeria. IRIN News Agency and Agence France Presse reported on Thursday that the police and government officials in … read more
There are indications that the series of attacks by militants on police stations in the Niger Delta is causing disquiet among policemen serving in the region. Over the past few months, militants had attacked police stations in various locations in … read more