Daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mrs. Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello and two former governors are among the 54 persons heading stratregic committees in the Senate. Two former governors, Ahmed Makarfi and George Akume, got the chairmanship of Finance and Integration and … read more
Police in Rivers State have said that militants in the Niger Delta were using improvised explosive devices to carry out attacks and explained that it was the deadly device that was used to raid Lone Star Drilling in Soku, where … read more
Youths armed with pistols and Kalashnikovs barricaded all approaches to Victoria Street in Port Harcourt, the main city in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta, when a funeral took place there recently. With bandanas tied across their foreheads they searched people for … read more
In its determination to sustain petroleum products delivery, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said it is planning a second pipeline to link the Atlas Cove in Lagos with the Mosimi depot. The corporation�s Group Managing Director (GMD), Engr. … read more
A U.S. man faces federal corruption and money-laundering charges for allegedly arranging $6 million in bribes to Nigerian officials to win a contract for a natural-gas pipeline. According to charges unsealed by the Justice Department on Monday, Jason Steph, 37, … read more
Nigerian senators have confirmed the appointment of 39 ministers to fill President Umaru Yar’Adua’s first cabinet since his election. But one nominee, Bode Augusto – considered favourite to become finance minister – was rejected by the MPs. President Yar’Adua is … read more
The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a criminal inquiry of nearly a dozen oil and oil-services companies, focusing on potentially illegal payments to customs agents who provided freight forwarding and other services, including in Nigeria, Dow Jones Newswires learned Tuesday. … read more
Gunmen on motorbikes shot and wounded an American professor and a security guard Wednesday at a newspaper office in oil-rich southern Nigeria, witnesses said. Elsewhere in the volatile south, the heartland of the West African nation’s oil industry, the mother … read more
A few hours after Governor Celestine Omehia swore in 23 Commissioners to form his cabinet, one of them, Mr. Billy Braide Eldre, who is the Commissioner for Energy, has escaped assasination. According to the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Felix … read more
The Vice-President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has held a secret meeting with the embattled former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. Investigations by our correspondent revealed that the meeting was held at the VP�s official residence on Bourdillon Street, Ikoyi, … read more