THE Coordinator of Ijaw Monitoring Group, Comrade Joseph Evah, has described the wives of Mr. Henry Okah and Dokubo Asari Dokubo as a blessing to the Niger Delta struggle. He made the remark when the leader of of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger-Delta (MEND), Mr. Henry Okah, and his lawyer, Mr. Wilson Ajuwa, […]

By George Onah Port Harcourt—Alarmed by the disbursement and alleged misuse of over one billion naira to the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), by various organisations across the world as well as the federal and Rivers State governments, the organisation has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate the […]

LAGOS—OANDO PLC, weekend announced its unaudited results of N77.5 billion in turnover for the first quarter ended March 31,2009, this represents a 12 per cent increase from N69.4 billion when compared to the result of the same period in 2008. According to a statement issued by the company’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr. Meka Olowola, […]

By James Ezema Ray of hope has come for 892 former employees of Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) in Benin City, Edo State who were disengaged 15 years ago without payment of their pensions, gratuities or other benefits as the National Assembly has begun to look into their plights following a petition sent […]

By Amalu Chinyere ABUJA—The Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria, Sherif Naguib, weekend, disclosed that trade volume between Nigeria and Egypt reached 120 million dollars in 2008. Disclosing this at the inauguration of the Nigeria/Egyptian Business Council (NEBC), the ambassador said the there are a lot of “businesses under the table.” He said, “With 11 flights every […]