In a statement released following the attack, spokesman of the group, Jomo Gbomo, said the attack was carried out to frustrate the oil and gas business in the country.

Pop icon Michael Jackson,aged 50 has died in Los Angeles reports say. Paramedics were called to the singer’s home around midday local time on Thursday after he stopped breathing and suffered a suspected cardiac arrest. He was rushed by ambulance to a local medical centre, but his death was announced shortly afterwards. The star, who […]

By Luka Binniyat & Jimitota Onoyume PORT HARCOURT — WHILE President Umaru Yar’Adua and other government officials were getting ready to announce amnesty plans for militants in the Niger Delta, the Shell pipeline in Bille/Krakrama, Rivers state was attacked by MEND, with a resultant shutdown of the facility. The attack has also put out of […]

NIGERIA has some laws ordinary Nigerians would wonder when they were made. One of them is the Fiscal Responsibility Act, FRA, a 2007 law that expects prudent management of public finances from governments and their agencies. The law is observed in breach as cases of outright malfeasance show. The FRA was meant to track and […]

By Abdulwahab Abdulah Senator Sikiru Ayodeji Shitta-Bey, a lawyer and front-line politician is one man that would not be prevented by his old age  from carrying out his daily practice of law and politics. In his days as politician, he was elected as a member of the Federal House of Representatives and a Senator of […]

By Awa Kalu Like darkness, the sad upsurge of kidnapping has enveloped with ease, certain parts of this country. According to H.Loewy (Criminal Law in a Nutshell (2nd ed.1987), ‘at early common law, kidnapping required asportation of the victim to another country.

By Donu Kogbara VERY few of the people around us have significant impacts on our lives. And I want to pay a brief but heartfelt tribute to my beloved auntie, Chief Mrs Chinyere Asika, who recently celebrated her 70th birthday and is not only one of the most intellectual and accomplished women of her generation […]

By Emmanuel Majebi The Chief Justice of Nigeria or the Chief Judge of a State against whom an allegation of inability to misconduct or contravention of the code of conduct has been made under this section shall be entitled to defend himself in person or by a Legal practitioner of his own choice before the […]

By Owei Lakemfa THE on-going disagreements between Israel and its principal backer, the United States seem a trifle. The Palestinians are squeezed mainly into two small settlements;  the Gaza Strip and the West Bank .  Yet Israel continues to nibble parts of the West Bank by building settlements. America’s request delivered by Secretary of State, […]

A woman of vim and vigour, Ms Temitope Ajayi, has a lot going for her. After several years of her sojourn in the United States leading thousands of Nigerians in the Diaspora, she cleverly chose to return with a wonderful initiative. Her passion, even while in US, was what she calls caring for the young-adult. It was not a surprise when she decided to introduce an agricultural empowerment programme for young farmers in her beloved country.

By Onochie Anibeze It’s been interesting trying to analyse the reactions of Nigerians after the goalless draw with Tunisia on June 20.

By Ise-Oluwa Ige In the last two years, not less than 20 lawsuits were filed in different inferior and regular courts of record in the country by some political parties and their candidates to invalidate the gubernatorial poll held in Imo on April 28, 2007. The said election produced Dr Ikedi Ohakim of the Progressive […]

By Mike Anachuna “I shall fight crime with jobs”   – Governor  Obi’s 2003 Campaign promise. THE ‘multiple award winning’ Governor of Anambra State it must be admitted, ran one of the best campaigns in this country before the 2003 elections which he won fair and square.  He presented a social contract to the people.  He […]

ABUJA — PRESIDENT Umaru Yar’Adua, yesterday, proclaimed an unconditional amnesty to all Niger Delta militants in the creeks as well as those facing prosecution in the law courts, including Henry Okah, standing a secret trial on a 62-count charge of treason, terrorism, illegal possession of firearms and arms trafficking and Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) and other militant leaders declared wanted by the Niger Delta security unit, Joint Task Force (JTF).

By  Godfrey Bivbere Motorists and commuters plying Apapa-Oshodi expressway have been subjected to harrowing experience in the last three days due to bad roads, coupled with the rains which have made the roads unmotorable.