Many commentators have in the recent past assessed the Nigerian situation and concluded that Nigeria is a failed state. In arriving at this debatable conclusion, they draw attention to certain indices that point to this direction, the poor or non-existent … read more
The Police in Benue State have taken hostage an entire family, including a one-year old baby, in an effort to compel the baby’s journalist-father to turn himself over to them for a story published by his newspaper. The baby is … read more
The safety of air travel in Nigeria is in question again. In a petition sent on December 5 to the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, the Major Oil Marketers Association (MOMAN) alleges that some unscrupulous Nigerians are selling kerosene … read more
Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, shut its 200,000 barrel-a-day Bonga field off Nigeria after a leak during a tanker loading caused what may be the country’s worst offshore spill in more than a decade. An export line … read more
A self-styled Nigerian prophet, Efe Ese, who claims he specialises in exorcising evil spirits with his penis, has found himself in the grips of the police after stealing from one of his victims. Efe, by his trade, hypnotised women he … read more
Members of the Ijaw Youth Council in Bayelsa State yesterday shut down the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Secretariat and blocked the Chief Melford Okilo road disrupting traffic for several hours. Spokesman of the council, Bolouokpo Subai said they were … read more
As experts have begun raising alarm over Nigeria’s depleting foreign reserve, it has become one area that the Goodluck Jonathan administration has a question to answer and this bothers on effective management of the reserve. According to the Central Bank … read more
After much controversy, indications are that the Nigerian government will finally remove fuel subsidy 1 April 2012, going by statements credited to the Group Managing Director of the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Austin Oniwon. “I think what … read more
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Tuesday said Nigeria had recorded an estimated capital flight of about $380 billion between 1956 when oil was discovered and 2006 before the Nigerian content policy was initiated. The board also stated … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan has set out plans to stop the importation of cement by the first quarter of 2012 as Lafarge begins production of 2.5 million metric tons of cement per annum at its new Ewekoro plant in Ogun State. … read more