A Nigerian militant group on Monday night said it had directed the immediate release of an Italian hostage abducted last Thursday, In an e-mail to public media, Jomo Gbomo, a self-described spokesman for the self-styled Movement for the Emancipation of … read more
Nigeria has announced that elections to choose a successor to President Olusegun Obasanjo and a new national assembly will be held on 21 April 2007. Voting for state governors and regional assemblies will take place on 14 April. The Independent … read more
An Italian oil worker kidnapped last week in Nigeria has been freed, a spokeswoman for Italy’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Militants have launched a series of attacks this year that have cut Nigerian oil output by 25 percent. Following … read more
United States government has denied making any predictions that Nigeria stood the risk of disintegrating by the year 2015. The Political Officer, US Embassy Abuja, William F. Harlow, made this refuttal during the week while delivering a lecture in Jos, … read more
An Irish engineer freed last week by the Niger Delta militants said on Sunday there were occasions during the 10-day ordeal when he and other captive oil workers feared for their lives. Bryan Fogerty, 39, from County Galway in the … read more
Foreign workers in Nigeria’s oil hub carpool with rifle-toting police officers on their morning commute. A night on the town can turn into a run from gunfire. And placemats at a popular bar advise:”Eat a lot. Fat people are harder … read more
The Rivers State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Kenneth Kobani, and a member of the state House of Assembly, Mr. Gabriel Podomson, have been arrested for allegedly stockpiling arms ahead of 2007 poll. Investigations by our correspondent showed that the two … read more
Nigerian soccer officials are investigating how a league team that scored only 12 goals in 14 games scored 13 in the last game of the season to win promotion. Akwa United beat Calabar Rovers 13-0 on August 12 to gain … read more
Leaders in the Delta region of Nigeria are denouncing a security crackdown ordered by President Olusegun Obasanjo. The president ordered the clampdown more than a week ago in an attempt to prevent more kidnappings of foreign oil workers in the … read more
Ijaw ethnic nationality leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has said President Olusegun Obasanjo�s order for a crackdown on militants in the Niger Delta would only escalate the crisis in the area. He alleged that soldiers attached to the Joint Task Force … read more