LIBYA and Angola are set to overtake Nigeria as Africa�s largest oil producer due to the increasing insurgency in the oil producing region of Niger-Delta. According to reports published by the Gulf Times on Friday, about 600,000 barrels per day … read more
MANILA, Philippines — Malaca�ang on Saturday said it remained optimistic about negotiating successfully for the release of Filipino hostages in Nigeria. �We assure families of the victims that the government is on top of the situation and our best efforts … read more
President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Saturday, said that the April general election would be a do-or-die affair for the Peoples Democratic Party. He said the party would do its best to stop corrupt politicians from … read more
THE presidential campaign organisation of Vice-President Atiku Ababukar, on Saturday alleged the arrest of the Director of the youth wing of the body, Mr. Timi Frank, by operatives of the State Security Service. A statement by the Atiku Campaign Organisation … read more
A sister of Josiebeth Foroozan, the 26th Filipino abducted in Nigeria over the past two months, said yesterday her kidnappers claimed they lost her after she fought back while they were on a pumpboat and she �jumped into the water.� … read more
Nigeria’s main opposition parties have rejected a list of 135 politicians accused of corruption by the country’s anti-graft agency. They describe it as a plot to sabotage their chances in April’s elections. The list includes Vice-President Atiku Abubakar who defected … read more
Five people were shot dead in a botched robbery attempt in the Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt on Friday, security sources said, as Africa’s top oil producing region slipped further toward anarchy. Police killed two of the attackers and … read more
Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Friday said that nobody or organisation, including the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, was capable of stopping his ambition of becoming the country�s president in 2007. Abubakar, who also vowed to release the leader of the … read more
THE PUNCH (EDITORIAL) They kill ruthlessly at the slightest provocation. Sometimes, they do not even need to be provoked. They seem to love the colour of blood. Both in the crocodile-infested creeks of the Niger Delta and the smooth high … read more
The Philippine government strongly hinted Friday it would approve the payment of ransoms to win the freedom of 26 Filipino hostages missing or kidnapped in Nigeria. “Whatever it takes … we will go along with it,” Esteban Conejos, undersecretary for … read more