President Umaru Yar’Adua Tuesday named four ministers to his cabinet, bringing the total number of ministers to 41. The new ministers, who were inaugurated during a special cabinet meeting in the capital city of Abuja, are former government secretary Ufot … read more
In a bid to put an end to assaults on motorists by armed forces personnel, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike, yesterday barred all categories of military officers except himself and the Service Chiefs from … read more
MILITANTS in the Niger Delta have announced cease-fire on December 25. In an online statement to Sunday Vanguard signed by Jomo Gbomo, the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) said it was done in the spirit of Christmas. … read more
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will today arraign former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, before a Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged money laundering offences. Also, the Commission, yesterday, formally placed the former Minister of the … read more
TWO days to Christmas, and with a boom in the vegetable oil market, the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has identified some brands of vegetable oil as being dangerous for human consumption. The agency said … read more
The body of the man allegedly kidnapped from his house at Orogun in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State on December 16 was on Monday found a few metres from his house. The man, Chief Jacob Obivwri, was … read more
Nigeria’s president on Tuesday appointed Mansur Muhtar of the African Development Bank to the top finance job and swore in three other ministers, filling the few remaining jobs left in his cabinet. President Umaru Yar’Adua picked Ufot Ekaette, former Secretary … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, the main armed group fighting in Nigeria’s southern oil region, said it’s poised to end a three-month cease- fire and resume attacks on the country’s oil industry. “We are aware the … read more
Piqued by the deteriorating security situation in the Niger Delta, President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua, yesterday, convened a high level security meeting to fashion out a new strategy aimed at halting the high incidence of kidnapping and lack of security in … read more
Lawyers to Henry Okah, leader of the militant group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), have demanded that his trial be re-assigned to another court. Okah is currently facing a 62-count charge of treason, terrorism, kidnapping, illegal … read more