A Nigerian politician has been arrested for trying to smuggle almost five pounds of cocaine in his stomach in a scheme to finance his election campaign, authorities said Monday. Eme Zuru Ayortor, a 52-year-old pharmacist and a hopeful for Nigeria’s Edo State House of Assembly, was arrested at the international airport in Lagos, drug officials [...]
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Embattled national Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Vincent Ogbulafor has resigned as the party’s leader. Mr Ogbulafor is currently facing trial in an Abuja High Court for allegedly defrauding the federal government of over N100 million while serving as minister of special duties during the Obasanjo administraton. Mr Ogbulafor was arraigned by the [...]
Various news sources report that Chief James Onanefe Ibori, the former executive looting governor of Delta State has been arrested in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Mr. Ibori, was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) four weeks ago in connection with the illegal disposal of 528 million shares belonging to Delta State [...]
Saharareporters reports that President Goodluck Jonathan has finally chose a vice president from amongst Nigeria’s powerful state governors. Jonathan, who had acted as president, was sworn in last week as substantive president following the death of Umaru Musa Yar’adua. Saharareporters’ sources confirmed that Mr. Jonathan picked a state governor from the Northwestern part of Nigeria. [...]
Nigerian Senate President David Mark Tuesday slammed what he called the government’s poor handling of the health of president Umaru Yar’Adua who died last week of a protracted heart ailment. “The nation was not adequately informed about his health status. This unfortunately provided a fertile ground for mischief makers, rumour mongers and spin-doctors of all [...]
The Super Eagles squad was named by coach Lars Lagerback in the capital, Abuja, on Monday. Fit-again Everton striker Victor Anichebe has been recalled along with John Utaka, the Portsmouth forward who was left out of the Nations Cup. Lukman Haruna, the under-17 World Cup-winning captain in 2007, has also made the cut. Hull City [...]
The son of the late Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha was to appear in a Geneva court Monday to appeal a sentence he surrender 350 million dollars pillaged from his country, Swiss newspapers reported. A Geneva magistrate convicted Abba Abacha, 41, in November of participating in a criminal organisation, handed down a suspended prison term and [...]
Militants in the Niger Delta have threatened a fresh wave of potentially crippling attacks on Nigeria’s oil industry, giving the African country’s newly-installed president weeks to address their demands. Goodluck Jonathan, a native of the delta, was sworn in last week within hours of the death of his predecessor Umaru Yar’Adua and the region’s largest [...]
Olu Falae, former Minister of Finance. Photo by Sunday Adedeji Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Olu Falae, has urged our president, Goodluck Jonathan, not to contest for the presidency in the 2011 general elections. Mr. Falae ,while speaking with reporters on the death of Mr. Yar’Adua, said Mr. Jonathan should rather [...]
