Nigerian newspapers this week played up the face-off between the erstwhile number two citizen, Abubakar Atiku, and his former political party, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Also on the front burner was another political story bothering on the second … read more
Nigeria’s opposition Action Congress (AC) has condemned the alleged plan by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to enlist the support of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to rig the 2011 general elections. MEND had … read more
Nigeria’s National Sports Commission (NSC) has named a panel to probe the circumstances surrounding the theft of US$236 million from the offices of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). In a statement, the NSC said the five-member panel should find the … read more
Although full list of those that will benefit from President Umaru Yar’Adua’s planned amnesty to Niger Delta militants is yet to be made public, Saturday Vanguard can however reveal some names sent to the presidency for the proposed pardon. The … read more
TWO years to the 2011 general elections, rigging strategies allegedly being put in place by some politicians have put the Action Congress (AC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the warpath. The AC, which fired the first shot, said … read more
Nigeria’s Presidency Thursday said President Umaru Yar’Adua had no hand in the alleged withdrawal of police escorts attached to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The Presidency, however, expressed sadness at “the sort of politics” it alleged media handlers of the … read more
The Nigerian government is deliberating on what it must do about the Niger Delta crisis and the Nigerian economy as Dow Jones news wire, recently estimated the country’s revenue loss to be about $20.7 billion as a result of the … read more
CIVIL society group, Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) says the geographical spread of criminal activity from the Niger Delta, Nigeria’s main oil and gas region, is a symptom of more persistent problems that have not been addressed over the past four … read more
GOVERNOR Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State has described the travel advice issued on Tuesday by the British government, warning its citizens against travelling to the… Niger Delta, region as misleading. He described the warning as an “unacceptable misrepresen-tation” of the … read more
Atiku Abubakar knew he had it coming when he kicked both President Umaru Yar’Adua and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday and, as anticipated, the reaction a day later was a throw back to the knock-downs and drag-outs between … read more