US ICE agent accused of lying about shooting immigrant
A federal immigration agent is facing charges of making false statements about the January shooting of a Venezuelan migrant in Minnesota, US media reported Thursday.
ANEEJ warns against withdrawal of JTF from N-Delta
THE African Network on Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), a Non- Governmental Organization (NGO), has warned against the immediate withdrawal of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, as it is being canvassed in some quarters.
FG bars MTN, Zain, Glo, from buying M-Tel
The Federal Government has disqualified GSM operators in the country — MTN, Glomobile, Etisalat and Zain — from buying the mobile telecoms arm of NITEL (M-Tel) in the on-going effort to sell the national carrier.
Oshiomhole threatens to seal off FG’s establishments in Edo
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has threatened to seal off Federal Government establishments in the state over their alleged failure to remit various taxes due to the state government.
C-River vs A-Ibom: Yar’Adua wades into oil wells rift
AFTER about a year that the Cross River State government ceded 76 of its oil wells to the neighbouring Akwa Ibom State, President Umaru Yar’Adua has waded into the matter.
Nigeria elected into UN Security Council
Nigeria’s prominence in international politics was yesterday reinforced when she was elected, along four others, as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council for 2010-2011.
