GERMAN investigators have stumbled on more startling revelations on the bribery scandal rocking the telecommunication giant, Siemens AG. Reports indicated that the initial amount involved in the fraud could indeed be a tip of the iceberg. Parts of the funds … read more
Nigeria’s senate has approved a motion declaring that last year’s handover of the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon was illegal. The upper house of parliament said that no part of Nigeria could be ceded without changing the constitution. Senators called … read more
Rivers State governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has refuted claims by his predecessor, Sir Celestine Omehia that he left N28 billion in the state coffers Amaechi made the rebuttal during the signing of two bills recently passed by the State House … read more
Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ganiyu Adekeye has said that the navy would beef up security around the Bonny sea to curb the problems of piracy. Adekeye said this in Port Harcourt yesterdaywhile addressing officers and men of the … read more
The pan-Yoruba socio-political association, Afenifere, has said the Siemens bribery scandal involving some former ministers had vindicated its earlier call for a comprehensive probe of the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to the group, the revealation from the … read more
THE Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Timi Alaibe, has said that if fully implemented, the Niger Delta Regional Development Master Plan (NDRDMP) was capable of resolving the numerous problems confronting the Niger Delta. Alaibe said … read more
Nigerian authorities have charged five suspected Islamic militants with a plot to attack government buildings. Three of the men spent two years in an Algerian training camp run by a group with al-Qaeda links, prosecutors said. The men were arrested … read more
No fewer than five persons were shot dead in Lagos on Thursday when a gang of armed robbers attacked the Union Bank branch at Fagba, Iju on the outskirts of Lagos. Besides, the robbers reportedly shot the bank manager, when … read more
The Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to recount the votes cast in the April 14, 2007 governorship election in 12 local government areas of the state. The Chairman of the tribunal, Mr. Olabanji … read more
Afew days after it accused the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) presidential candidate in the last April 21 election, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, of tendering forged documents to prove his petition at the tribunal, the Independent National Electoral Commi-ssion (INEC) went … read more