Nigeria’s ruling party has retained the governorships of the oil-producing state of Bayelsa and of northern Sokoto in re-runs of elections last year that were condemned as not credible, officials said on Sunday. The courts had annulled the election of … read more
Nigeria�s embarrassing reputation as a haven of bribe-for-contract scandals is set to be further damaged with the new revelations coming from Germany. Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, the civil engineering giant which dominates construction contracts in Nigeria, has been named as … read more
To say nothing has changed in the oil and gas sector in the past one year will not be an exaggeration If anything, the industry has fared even worse in the 12 months of President Umaru Yar�Adua. The delay in … read more
BARELY one month that the acting State PoliceCommissioner, Mr. Jacob Oshiomogho addressed the press and raised alarm over the activities of kidnappers and the subsequent rescuing of a final year student of Delta State University (DELSU) Abraka for a N20m … read more
THE Rivers state government is to parade a septuagenarian and others in the state allegedly involved in the rising case of child abduction in the state on Friday at a stakeholders meeting. Governor Rotimi Amaechi made this known yesterday in … read more
AP) _ Militants said they destroyed an oil pipeline Monday in Nigeria’s petroleum-producing region and killed 11 soldiers in an ensuing gunbattle with security forces. � The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta says it attacked the pipeline, … read more
PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has replied the Senate over the appointment of Mrs. Farida Waziri, insisting that he did not breach either the Constitution or the EFCC Act by appointing the retired AIG as Acting Chairman of the Economic and … read more
FOR the first time in a court document made available to the public, the US government has identified former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; his US-based wife, Dr. Jennifer Abubakar and a Nigerian businessman, Suleiman Yahyah as co-conspirators in the corruption … read more
The acting Speaker, Bayelsa State, Hon. Nestor Binabo, on Saturday escaped death by whiskers as he was attacked by an angry mob for allegedly diverting the election materials. This was just as the Vice-President; Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, commended the people … read more
AS the search for the missing Beechchraft plane continues, the State Security Service (SSS) has arrested and quizzed the Commissioner in charge of Accident and Investigation Bureau (AIB), Mr. Samson Oduselu. But some stakeholders have protested to the Presidency that … read more