Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

UK: N/Delta Threatens 2007 Polls

United Kingdom (UK) has warned that the restive nature of the Niger Delta region remained a major threat Nigeria�s bid to conduct free, fair and credible elections in April next year. Speaking yesterday in Abuja at a press conference, members … read more

One dead, 3 injured as helicopter crashes

At least one person was killed and three others injured in a helicopter crash yesterday at Ovwian Aladja, near Warri, Delta State. The helicopter, an AS335 twin squirrel with registration number 5N-BHU, belonging to Odengene Aviation Services (OAS) Company Limited, … read more

Presidential Plane and Money Laundering

The story broke this week that President Obasanjo’s Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs, Mr Andy Uba, was recently named in a money laundering allegation in the United States of America. American security authorities were reported to have accused the presidential … read more

Nigerian Leaders Have Stolen $480b

Nigerian leaders since independence have stolen $480 billion from the treasury through corruption, the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), lamented on Thursday. The NIM is the largest multi-discipline and trans-sectoral professional institute in the country. Its President and Council Chairman, … read more

LG Bosses Want Voter Registration Stopped

The federal government was on Thursday called upon to stop the on-going voter registration, in the interest of the people. This was the position taken at a press conference on the exercise organised by local governments in Alimosho Federal constituency … read more

Cash boost for Nigeria air sector

Nigeria’s government has approved $148m to “reform” the country’s aviation sector after three recent air crashes. A “total overhaul” of the control towers of Nigeria’s 22 airports and installation of modern weather forecasting equipment has been ordered. These were recommendations … read more

Ghost Workers: FG Saves over N100bn in Salaries

The Federal Government has saved over N100 billion in salaries this year, by starving off imaginary staff, otherwise called �ghost workers�, in ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) under the on-going public sector reforms instituted by the present administration. The government … read more

Helicopter crash kills one

One person died and three others were wounded in a helicopter crash near the capital of Nigeria’s south-eastern Delta state, said a National Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) official on Friday. NCAA spokesperson Samuel Adurogboye said the aircraft belongs to the … read more