Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has promised Nigerians living in the Bakassi peninsula that their security and their rights will be guaranteed. Nigeria handed over the potentially oil-rich area to Cameroon last Friday. It prompted many Nigerian residents to abandon their … read more
As part of its investigation of the controversial fundraiser organised by a Nigerian group, Africans for Obama 2008, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has moved to verify the actual amount collected by the group. The leader of the group, … read more
The governors of the nine Niger Delta states on Friday rose from a meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State with a decision to meet with President Umaru Yar�Adua over the funding of the Niger Delta Development Commission The meeting, which … read more
An Abuja Federal High Court yesterday refused the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) application to disallow the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting the rescheduled governorship election in Cross River State today. The court ruled that INEC can conduct … read more
There seemed to be a crack in the leadership of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, (MEND), as the spokesperson for the group, Jomo Gbomo, as declared as null and void the ultimatum given to Bayelsa and … read more
Nigeria’s anti-corruption police were questioning the head of the stock exchange after she organised a gala dinner in support of Barack Obama’s U.S. presidential campaign which raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, chairwoman of the “Africans for Obama” … read more
Nigeria’s Islamic authority has told the man who has 86 wives to choose only four and repent within three days or else he will be sentenced to death. The Jamatu Nasril Islam (JNI) passed their verdict on Mohammed Bello Abubakar, … read more
Chevron Nigeria Ltd on Wednesday repossessed its Otunana Oil Producing Platform, following the withdrawal from the platform by hundreds of Ijaw women who invaded the facility on Monday. The women seized the facility located in Warri South West Local Government … read more
THE Federal Government on Thursday disclosed plans to review the $8.3 billion railway development project awarded to a Chinese firm under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The former administration announced a 25-year rail development project which was to … read more
Two days after scrapping the offices of Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff in the Presidency, President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua has appointed new service chiefs as he continues to make strategic changes in his government. All but one … read more