Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

N100bn Electricity Equipment Waste Away in Lagos

While some communities have been without electricity for years, electricity equipment worth N100 billion that would have provided electricity in several communiites are wasting away at a location in Lagos. Managing Director, Rural Electricity Agency (REA), Mr Sam Gekpe, condemened … read more

Nigeria, Cameroon meet at UN over Bakassi

United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, held a meeting in New York on Friday with representatives of the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments over the controversial Bakassi peninsular. He was reassured that the UN-mediated Greentree accord was on course, Empowered Newswire … read more

Cheaper malaria drugs under way�

AS part of efforts at meeting the health related Millennium Development Goals target, the Federal Government will soon make available cheaper malaria drugs to Nigerians. The Minister of Health, Professor Adenike Grange who stated this at the weekend in Addis … read more

Leadership change in JTF imminent

The coast is now clear for a change of guard at the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Restore Hope. Its Commander, Brig.-Gen. Lawrence Ngubane, has been elevated to the rank of Major Gen. in the Nigerian Army. … read more

MEND Disowns Govt, Militants Peace Pact

Peace in the Niger Delta may still be long in coming as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) yesterday disowned the peace agreement the federal and Bayelsa State governments signed with some militants last week in … read more

Oil peace deal ‘a stunt’

A key faction of Nigeria’s main militant group has said it is not involved in a peace ceremony aimed at ending attacks on the oil sector. A Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) spokesman said the event … read more

Bribe: FG blacklists Siemens

THE Federal Government, yesterday, suspended further dealings with Siemens, the German company alleged to have bribed some senior Nigerian government officials for the purpose of winning contracts. The decision will subsist until the conclusion of investigations into the allegations, according … read more