Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

EU Report: Advertise INEC Officials� Positions

The European Union Ele-ction Observation Mission (EU-EOM), which monitored the last April polls, formally presented its report to the public yesterday, with a recommendation that all electoral officials at each level of the election administration should be recruited through a … read more

Nigeria plans oil fund

The Federal Government has said it will create a revenue-reserve fund to protect the country against the volatility in international crude prices. �The establishment of such a fund will turn oil from a curse to a blessing,� the Minister of … read more

FAAC Queries NNPC on Missing Oil Revenue

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has queried the Nigeria National Petro-leum Corporation (NNPC) over non-remittance of certain revenues that were expected to accrue from the sale of Forcados Condensate to the Federation Account through latter�s channel. A report of … read more

Clash over cross-dressing

Police in northern Nigeria have clashed with Muslim youths angry at a Sharia court’s decision to grant bail to 18 men accused of dressing as women. For about 30 minutes, the protesters held up traffic on Bauchi’s main street chanting … read more

Militants gang up for fresh attack

SOME militant groups in Delta and Ondo States have formed a coalition in preparation for another round of kidnapping of foreign workers and bombing of oil installations in the Niger-Delta as from the first week of September. Among the groups … read more

FG, UN talking on Niger Delta crisis

The Federal Government of Nigeria and the United Nations (UN) have been exploring possibilities of collaboration on how to resolve the Niger Delta crisis. However, government did not want the crisis to be seen as an international crisis, Empowered Newswire … read more