The sudden death of an opposition candidate will not delay a presidential poll due to take place on April 21, Nigeria’s electoral commission says. “It will not affect the elections,” Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) spokesman Segun Adeogun told Reuters … read more
Lami Dutse moves around her 27-year-old-son, Danasabe, fanning his badly burnt legs. “Thank God! Thank God!” she says with tears of joy in her eyes. Danasabe, 27, is sitting just a few metres from a mass grave where the charred … read more
Nigerians wishing to travel to the United Kingdom will have to pay more for its visas, following the British Government�s approval of new visa rates. A statement from the British High Commission in Abuja, made available to our correspondent on … read more
President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, said the current epileptic power supply might be due to sabotage by some officials to frustrate his administration�s effort at improving the power sector. Government officials had blamed the deteriorating power supply on the activities … read more
THE alleged dumping of radioactive substances in Warri, Delta State by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, is a reminder of the need to intensify surveillance of our environment. Apart from SPDC, E Global Limited, Western Atlas and E.D. Wales have … read more
The young Nigerian rebels smoked marijuana, drank gin and shot into the night sky as they escorted two Italian hostages and this Reuters correspondent on speed boats back towards freedom. They steered defiantly past a brightly lit oil production plant … read more
A DAY after President Olusegun Obasanjo launched the Niger Delta Development Masterplan, the Federal Government yesterday met with officials of the United States (U.S.) and British governments on how to check the menace of hostage-taking in the region. The government … read more
One of the counsels to former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Dieprieye Alamieyieseigha, Mr. Alex Teru, has told a Federal High Court in Lagos that the embattled governor had applied for and secured a visa to travel to Dubai, United … read more
The Supreme Court, the nation�s apex court, will, today determine whether or not Vice President Atiku Abubakar will retain his seat despite his defection to the Action Congress (AC) In addition, the apex court will pronounce whether or not President … read more
The Nigerian Navy has said it is targeting 1,000 candidates in the next recruitment exercise beginning April 2, 2007 with the Niger Delta youths expected to top the list of applicants. The Director of Naval Information, Captain O. C. Medani, … read more