These are indeed trying times for oil-producing communities of Bayelsa State where pollution is gradually dominating social discourse. Well, two communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area are seeking the

It appears the people of Nembe will have to wait for another week for AITEO Eastern Exploration And Production Company to stop the oil spill from its wellhead. That was

Governor Babajide Sanwo Olu of Lagos State Tuesday announced that the White Paper on the reports of the state judicial panel on police brutality and the Lekki tollgate shooting of

The speed with which the U.S., UK and the EU have imposed travel bans on flights arriving from southern Africa over the Omricon COVID-19 variant has led to condemnation by

Islamic Cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has faulted the Court’s decision to declare proscribed bandit groups as terrorists. Gumi says this will only lead to more military action which has neither

They are Africa’s premier musical dynasty. A multi-talented family who’ve invented their own genre of music, creating a unique sound known as Afrobeat. Today, just like Femi Kuti did with

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva, Wednesday paid his first visit to the site of the Nembe oil spill in Bayelsa State, more than three weeks after

More than three weeks after the Santa Barbara South oilfield blowout in Nembe Local Government Area of #Bayelsa State, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday finally ordered the Minister of State

At the beginning of 2015, then U.S. President Barack Obama invoked the Leahy Laws against Nigeria by allocating a mere $700,000 and blocked the sale of Cobra helicopters to the

As respected leaders from the southeast mount pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to grant amnesty to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, the one thing they

Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, politician, university professor and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, is still in the race for the 2023 presidential election, but with a different

Human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana reviews the leaked end-SARS panel report. [bc_video video_id=”6283174051001″ account_id=”6116119081001″ player_id=”default” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” playsinline=”” picture_in_picture=”” max_width=”640px” mute=””

Wildlife laws in Nigeria are generally regarded as outdated and not stringent enough to really tackle the illegal wildlife trade. Many state wildlife laws were enacted in the 60s and

The last three days have shown that the conversation around the report submitted by the Lagos State Judicial Panel set up to, among other issues, investigate the Lekki tollgate shooting

Former minister of finance Dr Kalu Idika Kalu joins Rotus Oddiri on the Global Business Report to discuss privatisation of assets in Nigeria. Watch the interview…   [bc_video video_id=”6282599817001″ account_id=”6116119081001″

Last week, Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council approved a five-year National Development Plan, NDP, targeting N348.7 trillion in investments from the federal and state governments as well as the private sector.

Earlier this month, Nigeria’s vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo, criticised the Central Bank Governor for what he called an “artificially low” exchange rate. Osinbajo went on to say he was convinced that

[bc_video video_id=”6282081979001″ account_id=”6116119081001″ player_id=”default” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” playsinline=”” picture_in_picture=”” max_width=”640px” mute=”” width=”100%” height=”100%” ] Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has urged African leaders to support local entrepreneurs in order to improve

Last week, a bill seeking to include Bauchi, Kogi, Lagos and other states as members of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, passed its second reading in the Nigerian Senate.

The conduct of the just concluded Anambra State governorship poll once again brought to the fore the inability of the Independent National Electoral Commission to hold hitch-free elections in Nigeria.