The National Coordinator of the Committee on Implementation of Amnesty for Niger Delta Militants, Air Vice Marshall Lucky O. Ararile, has reiterated President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s commitment to ensuring peace in Nigeria especially in the Niger Delta. Ararile disclosed this … read more
President Umaru Yar’Adua has extended an amnesty offer to the jailed rebel leader Henry Okah, detained on treason charges for over 18 months, the government said Wednesday. “I have already the mandate of the President … to reach out to … read more
Many Nigerian professionals who grew up, studied and worked abroad are returning to career opportunities back home in a trend that has gathered pace with the global economic crisis. And some specialists say now-democratic Nigeria, still battling corruption, crime and … read more
There will be no exchange of money for arms returned by militants as part of the Federal Government’s amnesty to Niger Delta militants, the chairman of the Inter Agency Coordinating Centre of the Presidential Committee on Amnesty, Victor Ararile has … read more
FRESH posers were raised on Wednesday by Azuka, wife of the detained Niger Delta leader, Henry Okah, over the granting of amnesty to her husband and other militants willing to surrender their arms. She said her husband should first be … read more
The oil industry in the Niger Delta, of Nigeria has brought impoverishment, conflict, human rights abuses and despair to the majority of the people in the oil-producing areas, according to a new Amnesty International report. Pollution and environmental damage caused … read more
BAYELSA State government expended over N456 million on the aborted two-day working visit by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to the state earlier scheduled for June 29 and 30, 2009. The state Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Asara Asara, disclosed … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua yesterday directed the chairman of the Presidential Panel on Amnesty and Disarmament of Militants in the Niger Delta, Gen. Godwin Abbe to immediately begin the process for a formal meeting with detained MEND chieftain, Mr. Henry … read more
President Umaru Yar’Adua’s scheduled visit to Bayelsa state was indefinitely postponed yesterday even as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) vowed to continue its arms struggle. MEND described the president’s offer of amnesty as bait aimed … read more
AS investigations into the $190 million Halliburton bribe money continued, it has emerged that principal character in the saga, Mr. Jeffery Tessler, a lawyer, allegedly used construction giant, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc to distribute the sum of $11 million to … read more