A new threat looms over Nigeria’s 2009 budget as oil sold on the international market at below $57 per barrel (pb) on Wednesday, the lowest in 20 months, with a hint that it could dip even further. Nigeria, one of … read more
EDO State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday ordered the freezing of all government bank accounts. Also, Oshiomhole yesterday met with President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua at the Presidential Villa Abuja to solicit the president’s support. However, the order freezing accounts was … read more
Total French investment in Nigeria has hit the $4 billion mark exceeding the total investment of the United Kingdom in the country, but trails that of theUnited States slightly, Franco Nigeria Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) said yesterday. The … read more
THE police in Ogun State have arrested two naval ratings for allegedly killing a policeman and stabbing another on Wednesday night in a hotel in Ota area of the state. Nigerian Tribune learnt that one policeman, identified as Oladiran Abanikanda, … read more
DR. John Osuyali, former personal assistant to ex-governor of Delta State, James Ibori, who was abducted last week by some kidnappers at Ikot-Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, has been released. Osuyali, an official of the State Action Committee on Acquired Immune … read more
The Federal Government has said Nigerian Communi-cations Satellite (NigCom-Sat) is not missing but packed up “due to loss of energy”. Briefing State House Correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, in Abuja … read more
A Nigerian man with 86 wives has been released on bail from police custody 59 days after he was arrested. Mohammed Bello Abubakar, 84, was arrested by order of an Islamic court for refusing to divorce all but four of … read more
At 11.50 am yesterday, inside the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, Edo State, in the presence of a cheering mammoth crowd, under the watchful eyes of the state Chief Judge, Justice Michael Edopkayi, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole was sworn in … read more
There was apprehension among security agencies in the restive Niger Delta on Tuesday as new militant camps were said to have been set up in the region. Our correspondent found that the worst hit by the unease was the Task … read more
The Deputy General Manager of Integrated Logistics Services, INTELS, Ltd. Mr. Chuks Ihuoma has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Ihuoma was reportedly gunned down, Tuesday, at point-blank range at the entrance of his house, … read more