The Federal Government spent N21.94 billion of the loot of former Head of State General Sani Abacha stashed in Swiss banks on electricity. This was the highpoint of a World Bank report, which showed that the government recovered about $505.5 … read more
The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has advised the Federal Government against what it called “deadening military siege” on the Niger Delta and instead wants its development plans for the region to be implemented. In a statement … read more
Former Head of State and presidential candidate under the platform of All Nigeria Peoples� Party (ANPP), Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has picked ANPP chairman, Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke as his running mate for next year�s presidential elections. Buhari�s choice was submitted … read more
Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has been expelled from the ruling party for standing as an opposition candidate in next April’s presidential election. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) urged President Olusegun Obasanjo to replace his deputy with a party member. But … read more
(Reuters) – Nigerian militant group MEND said in an email to media on Saturday that it planted explosives in two cars in locations of strategic importance in the Niger Delta and would detonate them shortly. Two car bombings by the … read more
Update: We are receiving reports of a car bomb having been detonated at Government House in Port Harcourt. No further information is available at this time. We will update as and when….. A Nigerian armed group, which has claimed responsibility … read more
Reuters) – An explosion occurred on Saturday near the headquarters of Rivers State government in Nigeria’s oil capital Port Harcourt moments after militants said they were about to detonate two car bombs in the region, a state government spokesman said. … read more
A car bomb exploded outside a state governor’s office in Nigeria’s southern oil hub on Saturday, the first time a government installation was targeted by a militant group that has repeatedly kidnapped foreign oil workers and occupied pumping stations run … read more
Italian energy company Eni SpA (E) Thursday said it suspended the 40,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day output at Nigeria’s Tebidaba oil-pumping station it runs after it was attacked by armed men earlier in the day. Eni said it … read more
Lagos State government yesterday threatened to shut down the Apapa plant of the Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC), makers of Coca Cola, and other companies operating in the state, if they don�t desist from “indiscriminate pollution of waterways in the state”. … read more