Baga Massacre: Military Blockade Inhibits Rescue Operations
The Nigeria Red Cross Society on Tuesday expressed its frustration at the limitations to its rescue efforts in Baga, saying the Military has been restricting access to the site and…
Rivers State Assembly Sacks Council Chairman
Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Hon. Timothy Onwubueliri Nsirim, the vice chairman and all 17 councilors representing the 17 electoral Wards in the council have been…
CBN to Switch from Polymer Notes to Paper
Beginning from the middle of this year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will stop printing currencies in polymer, and the N5, N10, N20 and the N50 notes would be…
World Bank Sets 2013 Date for Eradication of Extreme Poverty
The World Bank has identified 2013 as the year by which extreme poverty must have been eradicated all over the world, a target Group President Jim Yong Kim believes is…
APGA Crisis Lingers… As Court Sacks Party’s NEC
A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State and presided over by Justice M.T. Salihu has restrained the newly elected factional National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance…
US Supreme Court ruling undermines Justice in Niger Delta human rights case
Amnesty International has said the Supreme Court decision yesterday dismissing the closely-watched case of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Copany is a severe blow on victims of human rights abuses…
Jonathan Sends Pension Reform, Chemical Weapons Prohibition Bills to Senate
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday forwarded the Pension Reform Bill as well as the Chemical Weapons Prohibition Bill to the upper legislative chamber for consideration and promulgation into law. The…
Maku to Lead FG Delegation to Oluwole Awolowo’s Burial
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has constituted a presidential delegation to attend the burial of late Chief Oluwole Awolowo, scheduled to hold on Friday 19th April 2013 at Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State.…
EFCC Arrests Ex-Minting Boss
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, Ehi Okomoyon in Abuja over his role in the bribery…
ACN Worried by Worsening Cases of Oil Theft
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that rising cases of crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta would worsen the country’s economic woes when placed…