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BiafraNigeria's Senate is to consider sanctions
against a unit of oil company Shell for failing to pay a $1.5bn (£775m) pollution penalty. The firm had
been told to make the payment by 23 November for alleged environmental damage caused by oil spillage in the Niger
Delta region. The Senate is now to examine recommendations for penalties. A letter from Shell rejected the compensation
order, describing it as "flawed", Senator John Brambaifa said. The payment resolution was issued by
the Senate in August, but does not have force of law. It was approved following a petition by residents of the
oil-rich state of Bayesla. In response, Shell said it did not believe the correct legal process had been followed.
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Bomb blasts at Ngige's home
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 A bomb went off Tuesday night at the Awka official lodge of Governor Chris Ngige of Anambra
State in what was seen yesterday as the latest attempt on his life. And in response to Tuesday's judgement of the
Court of Appeal, Enugu quashing...
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Atiku, IBB boycott Arewa...
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 The political rivalry and jostle for the
2007 presidential ticket came into play on Wednesday as major key players from the north; Vice-President Atiku
Abubakar, former military president, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (rtd) and former Minister of Defence...
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Return of the Fat Boy
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 Immediate past
members of the National Assembly led by former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim and erstwhile Speaker, House of
Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’Abba have regrouped to strategise ahead of 2007...
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Ngige Survives...
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 Suspected
assassins shattered the lull in the Anambra mayhem on Monday when they tried twice within minutes to shoot Governor
Chris Ngige in public glare. He survived, but the story would have been different if not...
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