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Four former governors were on Friday charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission with allegedly laundering several billions of naira belonging to their respective states. The ex-governors are Joshua Dariye (Plateau); Saminu Turaki (Jigawa); Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia) and … read more

The two-year-old son of a Nigerian chief has been freed a day after being kidnapped by gunmen in the oil capital, Port Harcourt. Samuel Amadi, son of Iriebe Chief Eze Francis Amadi, was seized as he was being driven to … read more

Nigeria’s most prominent oil militant leader has held his first talks with the new government and promised to help end the violence in the Niger Delta. Mujahid Dokubo-Asari met Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan in the capital, Abuja, after a call for … read more

Nigeria’s anti-corruption police arrested two former state governors on Wednesday, a bombshell in a country where politicians have looted public funds with impunity for decades. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said Orji Kalu and Saminu Turaki were answering … read more

Nigeria needs between $5bn to $7bn per annum to achieve the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015, a top Nigerian official has said. But Amina Ibrahim, poverty adviser to the ex-president, says she thinks her country has the potential … read more

Gunmen have released seven kidnapped oil industry workers � five foreigners seized from a rig a week ago and two senior Nigerian managers taken captive last weekend, police and company officials said Wednesday. Nigerian security forces helped negotiate the release … read more

President Umaru Yar�Adua on Wednesday dismissed insinuations that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was controlling his administration. Yar�Adua, who also named Mrs. Ebele Okeke as the new Head of the Civil Serviceof the Federation, said that Nigerians should not doubt that … read more

Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) has said Akwa Ibom State government received a total of N55.9 billion last year from oil companies operating in the state, as deductions for the 13 per cent derivation. MPN also said its operations account for … read more

Vehicle owners and commuters in Asaba , Warri , and adjourning towns were yesterday hit by the crippling effect of the scarcity of petroleum products following the total closure yesterday of all petrol stations by the Delta state chapter of … read more

Nigeria’s police chief Mike Okiro Tuesday ordered his staff to crack down on kidnappings in the troubled oil-rich south, where more than 200 expatriates have been seized since January last year. “In your commands, you should make it a policy…to … read more