HE is a militant leader with a difference; he does not believe in hostage taking, rather, he specializes in bombing oil pipelines to grind the economy to a halt, and he had no apologies for the countless oil installations he … read more
Perching on a concrete slab under a motorway bridge, Jude Anyadike displays his pirated video CDs which titles such as “Curve Enticement” and “Interminable Pleasure”. Anyadike, 34, is one of the hundreds of sellers of “pornos” in the sprawling city … read more
With the spate of insecurity seemingly unabating in the oil-rich Rivers State, the state�s Police Command has deployed an anti-terrorist squad to police the Port Harcourt International Airport in Omagwa and environs as traffic in and out of the airport … read more
The human rights organisation, Amnesty International, on Friday gave a damning verdict on the nation�s human rights record In its State of the World�s Human Rights Report 2008 released in Abuja, it detailed various instances of human rights violation by … read more
Governors of the Niger Delta are demanding the payment of the derivation component of the controversial excess crude oil account They are asking the Federal Government to pay the fund for infrastructural and human capital development of the region. Already, … read more
FEDERAL Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Dr Modibbo Umar has said that his administration banned tobacco smoking in public places to blaze the trail in the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. He gave the explanation Saturday in … read more
The London Metropolitan Police are probing three banks for allegedly aiding a former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, to launder over �20 million between 2005 and 2006. A report in a London-based bi-monthly online publication, Africa Confidential, cited … read more
Nigeria must follow due process in naming a new head for its anti-corruption agency to safeguard public trust in the institution, global watchdog Transparency International said on Friday. The Senate is probing allegations made by the opposition and rights campaigners … read more
Nigeria may be heading for another major crisis as the price of diesel hits N145 per litre instead of the official N70, while the price of cement has also returned to N2000 per bag. For weeks now, many companies have … read more
A NIGERIAN woman, who claims she is in danger of being sacrificed by a village chief she refused to marry, failed yesterday in a court fight to be allowed to remain in Scotland. Funke Olubiyi, 34, had sought asylum from … read more