(Reuters) – The trial of a former militia leader from Nigeria’s oil-producing delta was delayed again on Wednesday in what activists saw as a symptom of government reluctance to tackle the region’s problems. Delta militants have waged a four-month campaign … read more
For antagonists of a third term of office for Pres-ident Olusegun Obasanjo and state governors, a strong voice was added to their advocacy at the weekend as Rivers State Governor Peter Odilli described as crazy the clamour for an extension … read more
THE abject poverty in which Nigerians wallow was pointedly advertised on Monday, April 3, 2006 when there was a rupture in a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline at Oke-Odo on the outskirts of Lagos. As a result of this … read more
MILITANT groups in the troubled Niger Delta region Monday threatened to attack oil installations belonging to Exxon Mobil, just as they declared that they have begun to mobilize troops for fresh onslaughts against other agents of imperialism. “We hereby declare … read more
The Warri and Kaduna refineries, subsidiaries of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) are now operating at 20 per cent installed capacity on account of the damage done to the pipeline passing through the Chanomi Creek Channel near Escravos in … read more
A boat carrying an uncertain number of passengers capsized in the southern Nigerian state of Delta, killing some 20 people, Nigeria’s major media reported today. An estimated of 20 bodies have been retrieved, according to the reports. The boat went … read more
FRESH crisis is looming in Warri, following the threat weekend, by the Ijaw residing in the Ogbe Ijoh area, to resist planned demolition of their properties. They accused the state Commissioner for Inter-Ethnic and Conflict Resolution, Mr. Ovuozorie Macaulay, of … read more
The current face-off between President Olu-segun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar was further stoked yesterday by anti-Atiku protesters who numbering about 400 barricaded the gate and prevented the number two citizen from entering the Presidential Lounge of the Murtala … read more
THE development of the Niger Delta should henceforth be a top priority to the Federal Government, according to a cross section of Nigerians surveyed in the Guardian Opinion Poll, GOP. A large percentage of the polled citizens want the government … read more
THE Ijaw leadership has petitioned the presidency, demanding the creation of two more additional states in the region and the practice of true federalism or confederation. President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), Professor Kimse Okoko, said though the Ijaw … read more