Norwegian company EMS Ship Management said on Wednesday that all six abducted members of its chemical/oil tanker Sichem Peace were safely released after spending 18 days in captivity in the Niger delta. The Sichem Peace was attacked on July 4 … read more
Nigerian security forces killed dozens of people after they were called in to deal with sectarian riots sparked by an election last year, a lobby group says. Human Rights Watch wants the officers involved in the violence, in the central … read more
Shell’s response to Amnesty International’s report Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta is disappointing In reaction to Amnesty International’s report of 30 June 2009, Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta, Shell has made a number of … read more
“The days of militancy in the Niger Delta region are over and gone for good,” President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua said in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, yesterday during his one-day state visit. He also told the people of the Niger Delta that … read more
The Federal Government and an official of the British Home Office have denied media reports that the UK government is to “build a £1 million jail” in Nigeria. Nigeria’s former Minister of Interior, Godwin Abbe, and a spokesperson of the … read more
Could it be that the Nigerian nation is on a collision course with insurgents in the Niger Delta or that the path to peace, which has for long eluded the restive region, is witnessing concurring sojourners? Whatever the answer, the … read more
An unusual form of racism – a reversal of roles – was recorded at the weekend as members of the Commonwealth Parlia-mentarian Alliance (CPA) called off a trip to Bonny Island, accusing the ferry company of discriminating against white people. … read more
Italian authorities have searched the offices of an Eni SpA subsidiary as part of an inquiry into a bribery scheme relating to the building of natural gas facilities in Nigeria, police sources said on Saturday. They confirmed a report in … read more
In a very busy week, filled with stories on politics, economy and security, the Nigerian media focused attention on the impeachment threat by the Nigerian House of Representatives on President Umaru Yar’Adua and the government bailout options for ‘dying’ Nigerian … read more
The Nigerian government has offered to pay repentant rebels of the Niger Delta, N20,000 ($135) every month, and N1,500 ($ 9) a day for food, as part of the amnesty package to help incorporate the rebels back into regular society. … read more