Nigeria’s security forces are on full alert ahead of next week’s election, President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Mr Obasanjo said he was committed to a peaceful transition and would “clamp down heavily” on anyone threatening to undermine the vote. Earlier … read more
WITH just seven days to the beginning of the 2007 general elections, concerned politicians, candidates and different political parties have called on the security agencies to arrest the worsening violent clashes and avoidable deaths that have ravaged the political scene … read more
THE Inspector-Gen eral of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero has reportedly ordered for an immediate head count for all the rank and file in the Nigeria Police following their insistence to go on a nationwide strike from Tuesday ahead of Saturday�s … read more
Nigeria has in the past three years spent over $18.5 billion or N2.485 trillion on Petroleum products imported by contractors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Nigerian oil workers who allege this, have also frowned at the “Waste,” saying … read more
Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has told the BBC he does not believe Nigeria’s national elections, due later this month, will be credible. “Democracy has not progressed in Nigeria – corruption has not diminished,” he said about President Olusegun Obasanjo’s … read more
Gunmen kidnapped two Turkish engineers from their car in Port Harcourt in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta, police said on Saturday. The men were working on a project for Merpa, a contractor to Italian oil company Agip, police said. “They were … read more
For the second time in a week, militants in the Niger Delta have warned governors in the area not to impose any candidate on the electorate so as not to incur their wrath. The militants, in a statement released to … read more
A Major labour crisis is looming in Port Harcourt following the stoppage of gas supply by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria to 12 manufacturing companies in the state over a controversial N700m debt. The companies, which are located … read more
The Federal Government on Thursday said that it would deal decisively with anyone planning to cause violence during the forthcoming general election. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bayo Ojo (SAN), who issued the threat in … read more
As Nigerians move towards elections that mark the first time one elected civilian government has handed over to another, Chippa Vandu provides an historical overview of military and civilian rule in Nigeria and assess the probable outcome of the April … read more