Obasanjo: Ribadu Created Enemies for Me
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said the ruthless manner in which the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, carried out his duties...
Alison-Madueke Defends Award of 60% of Oil Contracts to Local Firms
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has said the recent award of crude oil term contracts primarily to indigenous oil and gas companies is part of the federal government’s...
Police Commence Investigation as Oil Marketers Threaten Strike over Killing of Tanker Driver
New facts have emerged in the killing, last Friday, of a tanker driver simply identified as Lekan, allegedly by a naval personnel. THISDAY yesterday gathered from security sources that...
NIGERIA: Military Surrounds Location, Intensifies Negotiations to Free Abducted Girls
The military has tracked down and surrounded the location, where over 200 schoolgirls who were abducted two weeks ago from Government Secondary School, Chibok, are being held captive, while exploring...
NIGERIA: Police Arrest Sylva’s Ex-Chief of Staff over Alleged Murder
Men of the Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested Mr. Samuel Ogbuku, the Chief of Staff to former Governor Timipre Sylva over a murder he allegedly committed in 2011. ...
NIGERIA: Ethnic Clashes Claim 34 in Nasarawa
There seems to be no end to the bloodletting in the northern parts of the country, as yet again clashes between rival tribes in Nasarawa State have left at least...
Nigeria : Vice President’s Brother Dies In Abuja Auto Accident
The immediate younger brother of Nigeria’s Vice President, Namadi Sambo has died in a ghastly road accident in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The VP’s brother, Sabo Sambo died on Sunday...
Kwankwaso to Jonathan: Don’t Judge Me by Your Standards
Kano State Governor, Dr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, has dismissed the statement by President Goodluck Jonathan that the state government cannot account for the money received from the Federation Account,...
Agbakoba Tasks Jonathan, Senate on Appointment of New CJN
As the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, prepares to retire at the end of the year, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr....
NIGERIA: Falana Asks Dasuki to Disclose FG’s Position on Arms Proliferation in A’Ibom
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has requested the National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd), to disclose the steps taken by security agencies to implement the directive of...