GUNMEN suspected to be Niger Delta militants, are demanding the sum of N100m as ransom for the release of the sister to the lawmaker representing Ikot Abasi/ Eastern Obolo State Constituency in Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Dr Charles … read more
Armed groups in Nigeria’s oil producing south are building up weapons and supplies for a major attack on an oil facility in the world’s eight largest exporter, militant and security sources said on Tuesday. The planned rebel offensive against Africa’s … read more
As the controversy over the one-year study leave for the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, subsides, the United States government has counselled the Federal Government to fulfill its pledge to maintain the �composition … read more
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has linked the Niger Delta crisis to rising crude oil prices, despite denials by Nigerian officials. The latest rise in price had coincided with renewed violence in the Niger Delta on New Year�s … read more
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Owoye Azazi, has debunked claims that the armed forces colluded with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig the 2007 general elections. Azazi was joined as the 810th respondent in the petition filed by … read more
AS the turbulence in the international oil market persists, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has directed two ministers to meet with organised Labour on how to strike a balance between the energy crisis and the well-being of Nigerians. Yar’Adua’s order was … read more
SECURITY situation in the Niger Delta region heightened yesterday as both military and police authorities put their men on red alert, following weekend�s threat by militants to attack military and police in the area. However, Commander of the Joint Military … read more
River State governor, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi yesterday said other ethnic groups in the Niger Delta should emulate the people of Ogoni who have persistently agitated against the neglect and injustice suffered by their people without resorting to the use of … read more
MALLAM Nuhu Ribadu may not quit the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, afterall as indications emerged weekend, that he will only be on leave of absence during his nine-month course at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, … read more
FOR eight years, the National Assembly was famous for reported financial recklessness and bogged down by weighty financial scandals. But the federal legislature seems to have reinvented itself, as it returned a princely unspent N7 billion to the national treasury … read more