Henry Okah, leader of Nigeria’s main militant group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), is to sue the government of Angola for wrongful arrest and detention in the southern African nation, his lawyer, Femi Faland, said. Falana … read more
A top militant who has held talks with the government about laying down arms took out a full-page newspaper advert on Wednesday detailing demands that include a military withdrawal from the oil-producing Niger Delta. Ekpemuopolo Tompolo, a leader of the … read more
The Nigerian government Monday arraigned 11 bank directors and three stock brokers before a federal high court in the nation’s economic capital city of Lagos. The arraignment came two weeks after the bank chiefs were removed by the apex Central … read more
Nigeria will not preclude foreigners from owning any bank in the country, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor said Tuesday but added that the government did not want to sell the five ailing banks. “The principle objective of the Central … read more
A Nigerian presidential panel on implementing an amnesty for armed activists announced Tuesday that it was holding “informal talks” with key leaders of the various groups in the oil-rich Niger Delta. “We, members of the amnesty panel, are in informal … read more
Two months into his release from detention in a celebratory amnesty deal, the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah, is already in a war of words with the Yar’Adua administration, by describing … read more
Amnesty International, has launched an international campaign against the forced evictions of residents of the waterfront areas of Njemanze and Abonnema in Port Harcourt by the Rivers State government. This is even as some landlords in the area faulted a … read more
MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta alleged yesterday that some of the weapons surrendered by militants in Bayelsa State on September 22 were those seized in a November 12, 2007 raid on Cameroon gendarmes after 21 of them were … read more
Gripped by fear of arrest by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), former Rivers State Governor, Dr. Peter Odili, has commenced the repayment of the loan he took from FinBank Plc, one of the five troubled … read more
A definite timeframe – November this year – has been set by the Federal Government for it to proceed with the full deregulation of the fuel prices at the pump, two months after the initial date of commencement. If the … read more