The government of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo paid $50m (£25m) to non-existent companies, a parliamentary panel alleges. The investigative committee said the money was paid as the administration...
Some $2.2bn-worth of Nigerian energy contracts were awarded without a bidding process by the former president and his energy minister, officials say. One was to a company with less than $200 of base capital at the...
Nigeria’s Electricity Crisis: The Way ForwardThe National Association of Seadogs (NAS) notes with dismay the recent revelation that the General Olusegun Obasanjo administration “spent” about $16.00...
The governing People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria has elected Vincent Ogbulafor as its new leader at a convention in the capital, Abuja. Mr Ogbulafor is the party's former general secretary and is...
The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Wilson Imongan, has commended members of the National Association of Seadogs (aka Pyrates Confraternity) Edo State Chapter for voluntarily donating blood to save lives....
Nigeria and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday charted the path for economic growth and good governance for the country. While the IMF identified the absence of fiscal responsibility among the three tiers...
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday said the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has vindicated the body on its stand that the 2007 general election was free and fair. The...
The eight months old legal battle over the validity of the April 21, 2007 presidential polls, which saw the emergence of Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as President and Vice President, was...
Contrary to his public posturing, former President Olusegun Obasanjo wanted and actually worked for the elongation of tenure of office in 2006/2007. Former Defence Minister and Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Theophilus...
The Benue State Election Tribunal sitting in Makurdi on Saturday annulled the election of the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark. The Chairman of the five-member Tribunal, Justice C.I. Uriri, who read out the...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), yesterday, quizzed the immediate past Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke, and his wife, Onari, over their disbursement of a...
Governor Ohakim Begins Moves to Decamp to PDPBy Roy ChikwemThe Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) has emerged as a powerful political party since they won the gubernatorial elections in 2007. The PPA was formed by the...