President Umaru Yar’Adua has reacted to the threat by Niger Delta governors to withdraw support for the amnesty deal over a contentious Petroleum Reform Bill and government’s purported anti South-South policies. Speaking through his media adviser, Olusegun Adeniyi over the … read more
THE core militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has said that it has no apology to make to South Westerners over the bombing of Atlas Cove in Lagos on July 12, this year. Spokesman of … read more
MEND has thrown its support behind the position of south south governors who have threatened to pull out from the Federal Government’s amnesty program if the root-cause issues are not addressed. “It looks like the South/South governors have suddenly woken … read more
The appointment of Mr. Ogbonnaya Onovo as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the massive retirement of top officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) captured the headlines in the Nigerian media during the week. Nigeria’s President … read more
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit five African countries in early August, including Kenya, the birthplace of President Barack Obama’s father, U.S. and Nigerian officials told Dow Jones Newswires. Clinton will begin the trip in Kenya, where she … read more
Workers of Addax Petroleum Development Company Limited on Thursday paralysed activities at the Corporate Headquarters of the company located along Ozumba Mbadiwe in Victoria Island over alledged takeover of the company by Sinopec Group, a Chinese company “without resolving the … read more
PRESIDENT Umaru Yar’Adua was rattled yesterday by the South-South Governors’ threat to pull out of its amnesty programme for militants and has reached out to some of the governors to find out what went wrong with their usual channel of … read more
A Nigerian newspaper editor said on Friday that police have charged him with “publication of libellous article, threat to life, conspiracy and forgery.” Shaka Momodu, a senior editor with Lagos-based ThisDay newspaper, said that the police interrogated him on Wednesday … read more
Nigeria’s oil revenue was slashed by half in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the previous quarter, official statistics released Thursday show, as the industry suffered the impact of militant attacks. The huge slump in oil income dragged down … read more
Governors of the six states of the South-South geopolitical zone resolved unanimously last night to distance themselves from the amnesty deal granted militants in the oil-rich region by President Umaru Yar’Adua unless the Federal Government withdraws the new Petroleum Industries … read more