Despite the intense campaign of disinformation being orchestrated by James Ibori and Nigeria’s controversial Attorney General, Michael Aondoakaa through local Nigerian media outlets, neither James Ibori nor his many associates facing trial in the UK for money laundering have been … read more
ARUGBO community in Ondo State, yesterday, dismissed the claim by the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta that 1,000 militants were being trained in the environment for the purpose of launching fresh hostilities in the region, saying it is … read more
FORTUNE smiled on Nigeria this year as income from oil in the first 10 months (January to October) hit N7.6 trillion, some 210% of the N3.606 trillion projected to accrue from oil for the whole year. Non-oil sources of revenue … read more
The Federal Government yesterday ordered the management of British Airways in Nigeria to, within one week, revert to its approved scheduled flights into Lagos or have its operations grounded. The new Minister of Aviation, Mr. Babatunde Omotoba gave the order … read more
Government security forces were implicated in the deaths of at least 90 of the hundreds of people killed in religious violence in the central Nigerian city of Jos last month, Human Rights Watch said Saturday. At least 400 people died … read more
In what could signal fresh trouble in Nigeria’s oil producing Niger Delta region, the country’s military said Friday that militant groups in the region are training 1,000 new recruits at a camp in South-west Ondo state. A spokesman for the … read more
Two workers of a Russian aluminium company have been kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria, the company says. A statement from UC Rusal said the pair, workers at the Alscon aluminium smelter, were snatched in the town of Ikot Abasi in … read more
Gunmen in speedboats attacked three oil services ships and kidnapped at least two Russians in separate incidents in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, private security and industry sources said on Saturday. The Falcon Crest and Falcon Wings were attacked late on Friday … read more
The 109 Senators and 360 members of the House of Representative will spend a total N15 billion on foreign and local trips in 2009, Daily Trust learnt in Abuja. The Senators are to spend N1.85 billion for international trips and … read more
A Nigerian court fined a former governor of the southwestern state of Edo 3.5 million naira (17,345 pounds) for corruption which he intends paying as an alternative to serving six months in jail. Lucky Igbinedion, who was charged in January … read more