SOME Ijaw militant youths yesterday threatened to kill the nine expatriate oil workers kidnapped penultimate Saturday if the Federal Government fails to meet their conditions very soon. National Vice President of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Comrade David Reje said in … read more
H5N1 Avian flu in chickens has been confirmed in 8 States in Nigeria. No bird flu has been confirmed south of the Benue and Niger rivers. A report from Kwara is under investigation. Yesterday 6 dead, and several ill vultures … read more
A Nigerian national who claimed he escaped to Ireland after finding five members of his family murdered in their home has been remanded for sentence for assaulting his estranged girlfriend and mother of their child. Olatunbosun Salawu (aged 21), Clonliffe … read more
Nigeria’s government has requested the West to help it against the rampant militants who have proved a menance mostly in the Niger Delta. Nigeria needs the west to provide help in technnological terms so that the militants become history. However, … read more
Two commuter buses collided head-on in northern Nigeria and burst into flames, killing 36 people, police and witnesses said. The accident occurred Saturday night in the northern town of Birnin-Kudu in Jigawa state, said police spokesman Awalu Bebeji. It was … read more
POLITICAL leaders and elders of Gbaramatu Kingdom, in Warri South West Local Government Council of Delta, yesterday, gave a 48-hour ultimatum to the management of Chevron-Texaco Nigeria Limited to immediately reinstate the 12 Ijaw workers who were allegedly sacked because … read more
FOLLOWING last Saturday�s fresh hostage taking by militants in the Niger Delta, intelligence experts from the United States are now in the country to liaise with their Nigerian counterparts on how to arrest the ugly trend. Diplomatic sources told Sunday … read more
UNITED States authorities has resolved to consider several objections and comments it has received on Virgin Nigeria’s desire to obtain permission to fly direct to the US. Support for the application is also on the rise among Nigerians residing in … read more
IMPEACHED Bayelsa State governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, has volunteered to assist in securing release of the nine foreign oil workers kidnapped by ethnic militias in the Niger Delta. Alamieyeseigha, standing trial for alleged money laundering, said if contacted, he could secure … read more
IJAW militants yesterday alleged that the United States of America (USA) military personnel have stormed the Niger Delta region following the crises that engulfed the area in recent times. Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) and Warri-Ijaw Peace … read more