Woki Godswill Ibaralanyou, alias Kitikata, one of the strong militants in the Niger Delta was yesterday killed in a bloody shootout with security operatives in Obioku, Nembe area of Bayelsa state. Kitikata was alleged to be one of those who … read more
Few days to her arrival in Nigeria, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the weekend said the continuous importation of refined petroleum products by Nigeria was a sign of bad leadership in the country. “Nigeria is the 6th largest … read more
The amnesty programme for repentant Niger Delta militants is on course contrary to speculations that it may have run into a hitch, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Umaru Musa Yar’adua, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi said yesterday. Fielding … read more
Shell, Nigeria’s largest oil producer, faces an uncertain future in the country, according to Peter Voser, its new chief executive. The allusion to an uncertain future for the company in Nigeria is based on the recent attacks on Shell’s exploration … read more
Five persons died and 15 others declared missing after two passenger boats sank along the coast of Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos, the local press reported Sunday. Police spokesman Frank Mba was quoted as saying that one of the boats, … read more
Rivers State Government has described as false and baseless, allegations by some militants that Governor Chibuike Amaechi, was a stumbling block to their to acceptance of the offer of amnesty. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had reported that at … read more
A gas pipeline in the Utorogun oil fields was blown up by unidentified criminals on Saturday. This is the first time such attack was carried out on a Shell-operated Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) Compressor station transporting compressed gas to Delta … read more
SECURITY has been beefed up in and around the Federal Capital Territory ahead of the visit of the United States Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton. A check by the Sunday Tribune revealed that the officers from the US Intelligence Unit … read more
We could have been more proactive – IGP II Inspector-general of police Ogbonna Onovo yesterday gave the police thumbs down for the handling of the crisis that led to the killing of people by the “Boko Haram”. Addressing senior police … read more
Two days into the commencement of the federal government’s amnesty programme, President Umar Yar’Adua yesterday met with 32 leaders of various militant groups from the Niger Delta at the State House, Abuja. Also yesterday, confusion trailed the implementation of the … read more