Multichoice Nigeria has been fined N10 million for violating the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Act by showing “pornographic” scenes to viewers during the recently concluded Big Brother Africa 2 programme. The Chairman, House Committee for Information and National Orientation, Honourable … read more
SENIOR FIGURES at the Commonwealth Games and from the team behind Glasgow’s winning bid have reacted with incredulity to claims from a Nigerian official that the voting to decide the venue for the 2014 games was subject to ballot-rigging and … read more
Chief Richard Akinjide (SAN), former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, said yesterday in Ibadan that the Senate was right in repudiating the transfer of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroun. Akinjide said it was wrong for former President Olusegun Obasanjo to … read more
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, may have ordered that Omehia�s former aides be investigated in a bid to recover assets that reportedly disappeared from the Government House after Celestine Omehia�s sack on October 25. The probe may be a fall-out … read more
GERMAN investigators have stumbled on more startling revelations on the bribery scandal rocking the telecommunication giant, Siemens AG. Reports indicated that the initial amount involved in the fraud could indeed be a tip of the iceberg. Parts of the funds … read more
Nigeria’s senate has approved a motion declaring that last year’s handover of the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon was illegal. The upper house of parliament said that no part of Nigeria could be ceded without changing the constitution. Senators called … read more
Rivers State governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has refuted claims by his predecessor, Sir Celestine Omehia that he left N28 billion in the state coffers Amaechi made the rebuttal during the signing of two bills recently passed by the State House … read more
Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ganiyu Adekeye has said that the navy would beef up security around the Bonny sea to curb the problems of piracy. Adekeye said this in Port Harcourt yesterdaywhile addressing officers and men of the … read more
The pan-Yoruba socio-political association, Afenifere, has said the Siemens bribery scandal involving some former ministers had vindicated its earlier call for a comprehensive probe of the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to the group, the revealation from the … read more
THE Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Timi Alaibe, has said that if fully implemented, the Niger Delta Regional Development Master Plan (NDRDMP) was capable of resolving the numerous problems confronting the Niger Delta. Alaibe said … read more