A MINISTRY for Niger Delta emerged yesterday in a major restructuring of federal ministries that increased their number from 22 to 28. New ministries were created from existing ones.Secretary to the Government of the...
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Nigerian anti-polio chief removed
The chief of a village in northern Nigeria has been suspended from office for divorcing his wife because she had her children immunised against polio. Buluma Ali has been ordered to re-unite with his wife or face...
Darfur Convoy Attacks Will Force Food Aid to Be Halted, UN Says
The United Nations said it will be forced to suspend food aid that feeds 3 million people a month in Sudan's western Darfur region if attacks on humanitarian convoys continue. More than 100 World Food Programme...
Another Nigerian panel seeks oil delta peace
Nigeria set up a new panel to look at how to bring peace to the restive Niger Delta on Monday, but militants in the oil-producing region dismissed it as no more likely to succeed than failed predecessors. Two and a...
Nigerian Leader’s Health Under Scrutiny Again
The health of Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua is again a source of speculation in the Nigerian media, with some reports suggesting he may have undergone surgery in Saudi Arabia. Nigerian officials say...
Carrington Deplores Moneybag Politics in Nigeria
Former United States' ambassador to Nigeria, Walter C. Carrington, has identified godfather syndrome and moneybag politics as issues militating against the advancement of democracy in Nigeria. Carrington who...
Sudan ‘kills refugees in Darfur’
Sudanese troops have opened fire inside a Darfur refugee camp, leaving 27 people dead, a rebel group has said. Some 100 government trucks surrounded the Kalma camp, home to some 90,000 people who have fled their homes...
Nigeria seizes money ‘for Obama’
Nigerian anti-graft investigators have seized money raised by the head of the Nigerian Stock Exchange to support US presidential candidate Barak Obama. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it would give...
Police, SSS begin fresh plot against Ribadu, others
The travails of the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, appears unabated as indications emerged on Sunday that he is being investigated by the State Security Service and...
Alleged Policy Banning Alcohol Sales in the FCT, Abuja
A negation of tourism potentials & Abuse of Human RightsThe attention of the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has been drawn to the recent pronouncement credited to the Honourable Minister of...
A Call for ‘Convoy Code of Conduct’
Enough loss of lives and assaults on innocent road usersAs concerned citizens who are looking for signs that respect the rule of law and that the principle of servant leadership are understood at all levels of society,...
Damilola Taylor’s mother dies in London
The mother of slain Nigerian-born Damilola Taylor, Mrs. Gloria Taylor, died on Tuesday of a heart attack. The 57-year-old collapsed after suffering a suspected heart attack while walking with her husband, Richard, near...