CHAIRMAN of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri has canvassed through psychiatric tests for all aspiring public office holders. According to her, most of the negative character traits exhibited by public officers in the country, especially … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has threatened that it will from midnight of Saturday call off its two-week old unilateral ceasefire in reaction to the pledge of military support to the Federal Government allegedly made … read more
The worst may not be over yet for the oil industry as production shortfall which President Umaru Yar�Adua put at 30 percent last week looks set to decline further with international oil companies in the country cancelling all capital expenditure … read more
AS the 21-day ultimatum issued to the Federal Government by the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) ended by midnight on Thursday, the union has asked its members to commence a nationwide strike immediately. Disclosing this to … read more
(Reuters) – President Umaru Yar’Adua risks undermining Nigeria’s hard-won reputation for fiscal discipline if he fails to keep the country’s cash-hungry state governors from squandering its soaring oil revenues. The world’s eighth biggest oil exporter saves revenues above a benchmark … read more
A Nigerian doctor has told the BBC he is in hiding after receiving death threats for amputating a girl’s arms. Dr Dandyson Allison says he saved 13-year-old Saratu Yusuf’s life after she was run over by a truck in April. … read more
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has opted out of his appointment as the Steering Committee chairman of the proposed Niger Delta summit. His decision followed opposition by Niger Delta governors, elders and groups to his appointment by the … read more
Nigeria’s main militant group has said it is abandoning a two-week-old ceasefire because of Britain’s pledge to back the government in the country’s oil region. A top leader with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) said … read more
The United Kingdom, through its Department for International Development (DFID) has dedicated one hundred million pounds sterling towards the fight against the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) in Nigeria. The fund is to be channeled towards programmes dealing with prevention of … read more
An international cartel of oil smugglers steals billions of dollars in “blood oil” from Nigeria, trading it for guns, the president has said. Speaking at the G8 summit in Japan, President Umaru Yar’Adua drew comparisons between oil “bunkering” and the … read more