A U.S. man faces federal corruption and money-laundering charges for allegedly arranging $6 million in bribes to Nigerian officials to win a contract for a natural-gas pipeline. According to charges unsealed by the Justice Department on Monday, Jason Steph, 37, … read more
Nigerian senators have confirmed the appointment of 39 ministers to fill President Umaru Yar’Adua’s first cabinet since his election. But one nominee, Bode Augusto – considered favourite to become finance minister – was rejected by the MPs. President Yar’Adua is … read more
The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a criminal inquiry of nearly a dozen oil and oil-services companies, focusing on potentially illegal payments to customs agents who provided freight forwarding and other services, including in Nigeria, Dow Jones Newswires learned Tuesday. … read more
Gunmen on motorbikes shot and wounded an American professor and a security guard Wednesday at a newspaper office in oil-rich southern Nigeria, witnesses said. Elsewhere in the volatile south, the heartland of the West African nation’s oil industry, the mother … read more
A few hours after Governor Celestine Omehia swore in 23 Commissioners to form his cabinet, one of them, Mr. Billy Braide Eldre, who is the Commissioner for Energy, has escaped assasination. According to the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Felix … read more
The Vice-President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has held a secret meeting with the embattled former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. Investigations by our correspondent revealed that the meeting was held at the VP�s official residence on Bourdillon Street, Ikoyi, … read more
The Federal Government yesterday announced that it has accepted the voluntary withdrawal of interest by the Dangote Bluestar Consortium from the New Port Harcourt Refining Company (NPHRC) and the Kaduna Petrochemical and Refining Company (KPRC). A statement issued by Ima … read more
Embattled former governor of Plateau State, Chief Joshua Dariye, who is facing trial for alleged money laundering, got a very short reprieve yesterday. A Federal High Court in Abuja granted him bail in the sum of N100 million with a … read more
U.S. Embassy ABUJA U.S. Consulate General LAGOS NIGERIA July 24, 2007 Warden Message This Warden Message is being issued to inform American citizens of a relatively new scheme to defraud members of the public. This scheme appears to target the … read more
The apex militia decision making body in the Niger Delta, �The Joint Revolutionary Council� (JRC) has accused the Rivers State Government of sponsoring the kidnap of toddlers in the state to cast aspersion on Ijaw and Niger Delta cause. The … read more