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
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
THE army has been urged to set up a team to monitor the activities of soldiers deployed to the streets in Port Harcourt to enforce peace. Most residents who decried the conducts of the soldiers said they had started molesting … read more
The recent upsurge in youth militancy has forced Bayelsa State to drop from its position as number one oil producing state in the country to number three. Worst hit is the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company, (SPDC), with … read more
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
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
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
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
RIVERS State Governor, Celestine Omehia yesterday condemned the call by some Ijaw elders for emergency rule in the state, accusing them of sponsoring youth unrest in the Niger Delta region. Omehia has also ordered the demolition of thousands of houses … read more
Despite heavily armed government troops manning roadblocks and patrolling the streets of Nigeria’s main southern oil city Port Harcourt, many locals say the militias which the troops have been fighting, are still located in and around the city and that … read more