Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

Militant urges Delta conference

Nigerian militant leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari has called again for a sovereign national conference to decide the future of the oil-rich Niger Delta. He told the BBC’s Network Africa programme that the time had come for all the peoples of Nigeria … read more

PDP Bows to INEC, Shifts Convention

A few hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the December 8 National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) illegal, the party yesterday cancelled the ward congresses held last Monday and shifted the National Convetion to January. … read more

FG Revokes Yar�Adua, Ex-Govs� Land in FCT

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday revoked titles of plots of land belonging to President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, former governors of Kaduna, Zamfara and Plateau states, Mohammed Makarfi, Ahmed Yerima, and Joshua Dariye respectively and other prominent Nigerians. The revocation, … read more

Nigeria releases foreign ‘spies’

Nigeria has dropped spying charges against a Nigerian-American woman, Judith Burdin Asuni, her Nigerian colleague and two German film-makers. Mrs Asuni – a Nigerian resident for some 30 years – and her colleague were arrested for allegedly endangering national security. … read more

Oil spill: Youths demand N5bn from Shell

Irate community youths have prevented Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) from assessing and conducting possible remediation at the Ibibio ell 1 in Akwa Ibom State. Besides, they are demanding a N5 billion compensation as a pre-condition. Meanwhile, the Senate yesterday … read more