The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned two Lebanese at an FCT High Court in Maitama over alleged forgery of Federal Government documents. Jihad Mohammed Ghraizi, 57, and his son, Mohammed Jihad Ghraizi, 27, allegedly forged four different … read more
“FOR the next one month, we shall be carrying the burden of the world,” says Nigeria’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Prof. Joy Ogwu, as she briefed reporters at her office in New York on the … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja yesterday swore in the former Vice Chancellor of the Bayero University, Kano, Attahiru Jega as the new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission alongside five other commissioners. The president also oversaw … read more
As if the shame of an early elimination from the 2010 World Cup is not enough, Nigerian officials are now fretting over the 1.9 billion naira (about US$120 million) that was raised by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) for the … read more
Seeking to cash in on Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party’s string of missteps in recent times, the country’s opposition has described the party as ‘a perpetual source of emba rrassment to Nigeria’ and called on voters to send the party … read more
Nigerian kidnappers have seized a local employee of Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell in the country’s oil hub of Port Harcourt, a military spokesman said Sunday. “I heard that a Shell worker has been kidnapped in Port Harcourt. But I don’t … read more
In the 12 years since Nigeria’s corrupt dictator General Sani Abacha died in office, investigators have struggled to find out what happened to the estimated £2.2bn he siphoned out of his country’s coffers during his brutal five-year rule. Though at … read more
The Nigerian government has directed all telecommunications operators in the country to discontinue the sale of unregistered SIM cards used in mobile phones, a senior official said Friday. New SIM cards can’t be sold “without capturing the necessary data,” the … read more
Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) Unlimited has admitted another oil spill from its facility at Qua Iboe oil field but declined to disclose the volume of crude lost in the fresh spill, which brings to three the number of such incidents … read more
A delegation from the Centre for Non-Violence and Peace Studies, United States of America has arrived Nigeria for the Federal Government‘s post amnesty programme scheduled to begin on Monday. The team of 30 peace and conflict resolution experts, consisting of … read more