AN OIL rig worker taken hostage has vowed to continue working abroad – but says he will never return to Nigeria. Patrick Weber was kidnapped and held for nine days after Nigerian militants stormed an oil rig and took him … read more
Following the resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta region and the successes recorded so far in the on-going rehabilitation and the reintegration of former Niger Delta militants, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr. Timi Alaibe said … read more
AGGRIEVED ex-militants, under the aegis of the Niger-Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, led by “General” John Togo, who breached the 2009 amnesty agreement they signed with the Federal Government by returning to the creeks, mid-November, have now agreed to a cessation … read more
Man Quizzed Over Landing At Port Harcourt Airport With Guns A 68-year-old Nigerian, who arrived the Port Harcourt airport aboard a Lufthansa aircraft from Germany, was detained and interrogated for being in possession of two double barrel guns, Assistant Comptroller … read more
The United States of America will not interfere with the electoral process in Nigeria, but will only advice on how to conduct credible elections in 2011 general elections, deputy assistant secretary for Africa on public diplomacy, Bruce Wharton has said. … read more
A surge of violence in Nigeria’s delta region is threatening output in Africa’s biggest oil producer and may thwart President Goodluck Jonathan’s ambition to win next year’s election. A year after thousands of fighters laid down their arms under a … read more
Nigeria is in the throes of a constitutional and political crisis. A disabled President confronts his mortality in a foreign land while a captive Vice President comes to terms with his impotence at home. A brutalised people do not know … read more
Nigeria’s anti-corruption police have raided the offices of the U.S. oilfield services group Halliburton and arrested 12 people in a bribery case involving the former Halliburton unit KBR Inc, a spokesman said on Saturday. The U.S. firm said the detentions, … read more
The arrest this week of the second-in-command of one of Japan’s criminal organisations is a lesson for Nigeria. Kiyoshi Takayama has led Yamaguchi-gumi, one of the most powerful arms of the Yakuza criminal group, while its leader, Kenichi Shinoda, has … read more
The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Chukwuma Soludo, is under the radar of British crime investigators who want to understand his role in the N29 billion polymer banknote contract issued during his tenure. Between 2006 and … read more