Early one Sunday morning in June, a mysterious text message flashed across Kayode Fayemi’s cellphone. “Since you continue to oppose Governor Fayose, we shall kill you,” the message read, referring to the bare- knuckled incumbent at the time, Ayo Fayose. … read more
AHEAD of today�s public declaration by Vice President Atiku Abubakar of his 2007 presidential ambition in Abuja, the police have deployed over 2,000 regular, anti-bomb disposal and mobile policemen for security operations. Sources at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police … read more
Virgin Nigeria Air ways Limited, the nation�s flag carrier, said it is optimistic that the reform agenda drive of the new Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, will help to reposition the Nigerian aviation sector in the right direction. At … read more
Reuters) – Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo criticised his estranged deputy on Friday over comments that political instability was raising the likelihood of a military coup in Africa’s most populous nation. Nigeria holds landmark general elections in April in a vote … read more
Nigeria has entered the season of political rallies in advance of next year�s elections. Political parties will be holding Saturday rallies around the Lagos metropolitan area in the coming weeks. These political rallies have previously caused severe traffic congestion and … read more
The Federal Government may have decided to intensify the use of military onslaught against militants operating along the creeks of the Niger Delta, as massive military deployment was carried out in Bayelsa state yesterday. In terse statements by the Federal … read more
THE Navy said, yesterday, it would maintain a tough stance on hostage-takers despite the death of a British hostage in an attempt to rescue him and six others seized by militants in Rivers State on Wednesday. Spokesman for the Navy, … read more
The drama of foreign oil workers kidnapped for ransom in restive southern Nigeria plays out so often that it seems the hostage takers, the oil giants and the army follow a script � one that usually ends peacefully with the … read more
OIL companies that ignore local contactors and farm out jobs to foreign companies cost Nigerians $400m between 2000 and 2005, the Senate said on Wednesday. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream, Senator Lee Ledogo Maeba, revealed this on … read more
OIL companies that ignore local contactors and farm out jobs to foreign companies cost Nigerians $400m between 2000 and 2005, the Senate said on Wednesday. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream, Senator Lee Ledogo Maeba, revealed this on … read more