Unidentified gunmen launched an attack on Nigeria’s Joint Task Force (JTF) at Bregede in Bonny Local Government Area in Rivers State, security sources reported on Thursday. The gunmen suspected of links to militants operating in oil rich southeast Niger Delta … read more
THE Ekiti State gubernatorial re-run polls got messier yesterday as the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Olusola Ayoka Adebayo, resigned her appointment and went underground on the excuse that she could not allow pressures from interested parties to the election … read more
Six militants, suspected to be members of Asari Dokubo’s Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), were killed during an exchange of gunfire between them and men of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) at Samaa Community in Asari Toru Local … read more
The swine flu epidemic that first hit Mexico before spreading to the United States of America, the Middle East, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region, has prompted the Federal government to direct that all aircraft and ships arriving the country … read more
Akwa Ibom State Government said yesterday it had taken possession of 186 oil wells wrongly ceded to some neighbouring states by previous administrations in the country. Governor Godswill Akpabio, who disclosed this in Uyo said by the gesture of the … read more
A Canadian woman kidnapped over a week ago in northern Nigeria has been released, police say. Julie Mulligan, 45, was seized from a car by gunmen in the city of Kaduna on 16 April. “She is in good health and … read more
THE Presidency may have directed Iwu to announce a definite date for the conclusion of the election. According to The Guardian sources, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua yesterday met with Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, the President of the Senate, Senator David … read more
THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) at the weekend alleged that a serving minister (name withheld) actually pressurised it into demanding for ransom running into hundreds of millions of naira to release a British hostage, Mr. … read more
Ten days after the sudden abduction of a Canadian woman, Mrs. Julie Ann Mulligan by some yet-to-be identified assailants in Kaduna, the police authorities in Nigeria are ‘still on top of the situation’. The police disclosed this through its Force … read more
The idea of bringing Nigerian gas by pipeline across the Sahara to Europe is looking ever more attractive as Europe, whose gas requirements are set to rise, seeks to lessen its reliance on Moscow. The European Union is “interested in … read more