The police is planning to take stiffer sanction against Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for taking the force to court over his demotion, Sunday Trust learnt yesterday. Ribadu Wednesday asked a … read more
AN area in Okochiri, Okrika, Rivers State, allegedly code named Evil Forest by Ateke Tom, militant leader, now wears a new look with a health centre built by Governor Rotimi Amaechi occupying the vast land. Ateke TomAteke Tom had been … read more
A US journalist’s rights group said on Friday that Nigeria is holding a US-based blogger without charge, in the second such incident in two weeks. Emmanuel Emeka Asiwe, editor of the Arlington, Massachusetts-based HuhuOnline website, which focuses on Nigerian politics, … read more
Armed gunmen in speedboats have kidnapped and threatened to kill 10 crew members from an oil vessel off the West African state of Cameroon. The vessel’s owners said those taken hostage were seven French nationals, two Cameroonians and a Tunisian. … read more
The Federal High Court sitting in Jos yesterday granted the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Mr. Henry Okah, three weeks to enable him undergo comprehensive medical treatment. The court said Okah has to be … read more
French police on Friday reportedly arrested an associate of former Delta State Governor James Ibori, Ms Udoamaka Okoronkwo, in Paris. Saturday Punch gathered that Okoronkwo was arrested at the Charles De Gaulle Airport as she made her way to the … read more
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has granted bail to Matthew Sonoma, the native doctor who allegedly defrauded former chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDD), Sam Edem of N761 million. Justice G. Kolawole granted Sonoma (a.k.a Perekabowei Ogah), bail … read more
CONSEQUENT upon a recent production cut announced by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Nigeria has cut back 12 crude oil cargoes in its November and December lifting programmes. The cut would reduce the country’s crude output by 5 … read more
Facts emerged yesterday why majority of the 20 ministers were relieved of their duties on Wednesday by President Umaru Yar’Adua. Top presidency and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) sources said yesterday that most of the ministers would have been sacked before … read more
There was no inkling that something like that was in the offing yesterday: the list of ministers to be dropped from President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s cabinet, which Nigerians had waited for in the past five months. But when the list … read more