The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday revoked titles of plots of land belonging to President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, former governors of Kaduna, Zamfara and Plateau states, Mohammed Makarfi, Ahmed Yerima, and Joshua Dariye respectively and other prominent Nigerians. The revocation, … read more
Nigeria has dropped spying charges against a Nigerian-American woman, Judith Burdin Asuni, her Nigerian colleague and two German film-makers. Mrs Asuni – a Nigerian resident for some 30 years – and her colleague were arrested for allegedly endangering national security. … read more
Irate community youths have prevented Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) from assessing and conducting possible remediation at the Ibibio ell 1 in Akwa Ibom State. Besides, they are demanding a N5 billion compensation as a pre-condition. Meanwhile, the Senate yesterday … read more
Crude oil rose above $98 a barrel for the first time in New York yesterday. On forecasts, United States (US) stockpiles fell for a third week, as the dollar tumbled to a record low against the euro, culminating in demand … read more
The Federal Government has said it will not increase fuel prices until after June 2008, in spite of high crude oil prices. �The Federal Government has given its word that there will be no more price increases between June 2007 … read more
A former executive of a subsidiary of Houston-based Wilbros Group Inc. (WGI) has pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe some Federal Government officials with more than $6 million in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the Justice Department … read more
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has no plans of lifting the deployment ban on Filipino workers for Nigeria, dzMM reported Wednesday morning. Rosalinda Baldoz of the DOLE’s Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said that security risks to Filipino … read more
State Security Services (SSS) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday effected the release of two children notably seven-year-old Francisca and her six-year-old brother, Francis. The children were kidnapped about three weeks ago. The release turned out as the parting gift … read more
A former executive of a subsidiary of Houston-based Wilbros Group Inc. (WGI) has pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe some Federal Government officials with more than $6 million in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the Justice Department … read more
The espionage case against American-Nigerian peace activist, Judith Asuni, may have finally fallen apart as Saharareporters learnt that the Attorney General and Minister of justice has filed a nolle prosequi before the Federal High Court Abuja trying her. The move … read more