The Senate is set to investigate why former President Olusegun Obasanjo obtained a $500 million (N59 billion) loan for a telephone project despite his government�s claims of rapid privatization of the sector. The rural telephony project for which the administration … read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Com-mission (EFCC) may later this week arrest four more ex-governors among those who vacated office last May 29. The ex-governors are to subsequently face trial on allegations of corrupt practices. The commission�s resolve to move … read more
A prominent monarch in Rivers State, King Nemi Oputibeya X, was on Friday remanded in prison custody by a Port Harcourt Chief Magistrates� Court over alleged kidnap of 11 Bulgarians and involvement in cultism. Oputibeya, who is the Amanyanabo of … read more
An Ekiti High Court, sitting in Ado-Ekiti yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of the embattled former governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose over the murder of Mr. Tunde Omojola who was murdered at Ifaki-Ekiti on May 28, … read more
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro, has set up a fresh panel to investigate recent high-profile murders in the country, in compliance with a recent directive by President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua. The team, which is headed by the Deputy … read more
Mr. Tom Ateke, leader of a foremost militant group in the Niger Delta region, the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF), has given the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum, effective from December 21, 2007, to replace his properties, which he claimed … read more
Armed militants stormed a flow station belonging to Italian oil company Agip on Thursday, according to reports as Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell said it was moving 400 employees’ family members. Details on the Agip attack were still unclear, but the … read more
Two local airlines, Arik Air and Virgin Nigeria, will start flying directly to the United States of America in 2008. Harold Demurin, the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), told journalists yesterday that the US Federal Aviation Administr-ation … read more
Niger Delta militants struck again yesterday and kidnapped the 91-year old father of the Accountant General of Bayelsa state, Chief Andason Zidafamo. This is coming barely 24 hours after the Jont Military Task Force operating in Bayelsa State stormed the … read more
Flight operations to and from the Port Harcourt International Airport began on Thursday. This follows the installation and ground check of the Precision Approach Instrument (PAPI), the landing equipment for aircraft, and its calibration by ASECNA. Meanwhile, the Federal Airports … read more