The Senate has concluded arrangements to dialogue with Niger-Delta militants and their leaders, to discuss problems of the region. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Information, Senator Ayogu Eze, said this after a closed session yesterday in Abuja … read more
President Umaru Yar�Adua on Wednesday said that the crisis in the House of Representatives could only help to deepen democracy in the country, as against the fears that it was capable of truncating it. The President, in a reaction to … read more
Reuters) – Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday nullified the election in the oil-producing Niger Delta state of Rivers, the third major indictment of April’s vote this month. The elections were meant to be a democratic milestone for Africa’s most populous … read more
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday granted the American-Nigerian, Judith Asuni and Danjuma Saidu standing trial for alleged espionage bail but with a condition that none of them should move near the Niger-Delta region during the pendency of … read more
The British Government is to return to Nigeria �16,598,000 remaining part of the looted funds of the former governors of Bayelesa and Plateau states, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and Joshua Dariye, when the funds are freed by the Britsh court. A statement … read more
Security operatives in Rivers State said on Tuesday that they had located the hideout of the kidnappers holding Mares Divine Emeruwa, the five-year-old son of a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) employee. A source at the State Security Service (SSS) … read more
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC ) has concluded plans to arraign no fewer than six former governors in court for allegedly corruptly enriching themselves while in office. Making the revelation on Tuesday was the chairman of the … read more
TWO children, Fransisca Ehileme, aged six and her five-year-old brother, Francis, both children of an oil worker, were on Monday abducted by gunmen on their way to school around Rumuigbo junction in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Security sources … read more
Nigerian-American Niger Delta activist, Dr (Mrs.) Judith Asuni, who is under trial with three others on allegations of espionage, will know her fate today as the Federal High Court, Abuja, gives a ruling on her application for bail. Justice Binta … read more
Four persons, including a policeman, were feared killed in two separate bank robbery attempts in Lagos on Monday. Besides, another policeman and a few other civilians who sustained gunshot injuries during the attacks have been hospitalised. The first attack happened … read more