ACTION Congress (AC) has raised an alarm over alleged plans by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use what it called magic pens and erasers in the conduct of next month�s general elections. The party which alleged in a … read more
Opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari will use Nigeria’s windfall oil savings to revive industry and create jobs if elected president next month, he told Reuters. Africa’s most populous nation goes to the polls on April 21 in a vote expected to … read more
DESPITE government assurances, expressed as late as last night, anxiety is turning into fear that the crucial general elections in April may not hold as scheduled, no thanks to a critical legal lacuna that may be cited to justify its … read more
Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday, failed to show up at the Action Congress campaign rally held in Port Harcourt, the River State, to canvass for votes in next month�s election. Abubakar was slated to address the rally and present the … read more
Efforts are underway to establish contacts with gunmen who kidnapped three foreign construction workers in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, and to get the hostages freed, officials said Saturday. The victims kidnapped in two separate incidents Friday were Dutch, Indian and Lebanese. … read more
SECURITY agencies under the aegis of the Joint Task Force (JTF) have been deployed to strategic oil services companies in Rivers State following the kidnap of a Dutch construction worker by suspected militants in Port Harcourt yesterday. The Information Officer, … read more
European Union election observers will stay away from Nigeria’s volatile delta region during next month’s landmark vote, the EU’s team leader said on Wednesday. A spate of kidnappings, mostly for ransom, and attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta … read more
Vandals on Friday damaged a fuel pipeline at Alakija, Festac Town in Lagos, even as a team of fire fighters battled to extinguish a fire which gutted the Folawiyo Depot in Apapa, Lagos. The vandals, who struck at about 2am … read more
The amount of money which has flowed from the federation account to the Niger Delta States in form of allocation from 1999 till date has been put at N3.07 trillion out of which the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) got … read more
A strategic bridge at Eleme in Rivers State has collapsed, cutting off road users from Akwa Ibom and Cross River states from accessing Port Harcourt through that route. The bridge, situated at a point just before the Onne Junction, which … read more