FOUR Niger Delta governors yesterday joined a Federal Government team at a meeting in The Hague, Netherlands, where restiveness among Nigerian oil-bearing communities and the need to secure the Gulf of Guinea topped the agenda. The forum, tagged: “The Gulf … read more
Residents of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, woke up yesterday to discover an increased presence of troops in some parts of the city. The deployment of troops followed the abduction of a Nigerian Production Superv-isor with Elf Petroleum Company Limited, Mr. … read more
THE Federal Republic of Germany wants to strengthen its economic relations with Nigeria, the visiting German Foreign Minister, Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said yesterday in Abuja after conferring with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bagudu Hirse. The envoy … read more
Nigeria’s security forces have demolished the headquarters of a Shia sect, whose members were accused of killing a rival Muslim cleric. The security forces destroyed a school, a clinic and the living quarters of the sect in the north-western Sokoto … read more
The Presidency yesterday confirmed the retirement of some senior officers of the armed forces but said that there was no ulterior motive in the purge. It also said �due process� was followed in the retirement gale as the affected officers … read more
A MAJOR dilemma is ongoing between American-based oil firms and the United States (U.S.) government over the involvement of some firms in that country in alleged bribery and corrupt business practices in Nigeria. Informed sources hinted yesterday that officials of … read more
The group, Ijaw Foundation, a socio-cultural organisation of the Ijaw nation worldwide has described the immediate withdrawal of soldiers in the Niger Delta and intervention of the United Nations as a panacea for peace in the troubled region. It also … read more
A WORLD Bank official yesterday put the blame for Nigeria’s high poverty situation on the country’s leaders, whom he said are impervious to advice. The official, Mr. Basil Kavalsky, also decried the country’s maintenance culture, noting the penchant of successive … read more
Despite his release from prison last Friday, there seems to be no respite yet for former Bayelsa State governor, Chief Diep-reye Alamieyeseigha. Yesterday, a Federal High Court in Lagos ordered that eleven houses and six companies belonging to him be … read more
The Action Congress on Monday condemned the decision of the Vice- President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, not to publicly declare his assets. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the statement of the Vice-President … read more