The authorities in Nigeria say as many as 15,000 oil militants active in the Niger Delta surrendered under the two-month amnesty which expired on Sunday. The official in charge of the scheme said 5,000 weapons and 18 gunboats had also … read more
Nigerian anti-graft agency EFCC said on Thursday it would soon question the top management of three troubled banks that were sacked last week for running their institutions into insolvency. “Top executives of Bank PHB, Spring Bank and Equitorial Trust bank … read more
Nigeria’s most vocal opposition party, the Action Congress (AC), has condemned the plan by federal legislators to surreptitiously grant themselves and their state counterparts the kind of immunity from arrest and prosecution now being enjoyed by the President, Vice President … read more
A cargo ship loaded with weapons and ammunitions from the United States has been confiscated in Lagos, Nigeria. The arms loaded ship has raised concerns over arms proliferation either to the unrelenting rebel factions of Niger Delta or to political … read more
The main armed group in southern Nigeria said Wednesday it will resume attacks on the oil industry when its ceasefire expires on October 15. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) dismissed a government amnesty programme as … read more
THERE are indications that some of the arms and ammunition surrendered by the ex-militants originally belonged to the Federal Government. Those arms, it was alleged, were either stolen, bought from the services or seized by the militants during clashes with … read more
A German, whose name was given as Reinhardt Fleischer was, on Wednesday, detained by the police in the National Assembly, Abuja, for beating a Nigerian, John Adeniyi, into a state of unconsciousness. Both Fleischer and the Nigerian are staff of … read more
A container full of arms and ammunition has been seized by Nigerian customs officers in Lagos harbour. One person has been arrested and officials are searching for the owner of the arms, which came in from the US. A BBC … read more
Ogun State Police Command has beefed up security around expatriates in the state over a recent kidnapping and subsequent murder of a French national, Christian Pelarmorgues, a staff of Lafarge Cement WAPCO on Tuesday. This is as the elder brother … read more
Concerns over the possibility of losing 16 prolific oil mining leases (OMLs) held for over 40 years by the international oil companies (IOCs) has led to intense lobbying and intrigues to delay the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) currently … read more