Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Wednesday in southeast Nigeria’s Cross River state that some 15,000 people have been displaced because of a mysterious wind on April 17. The NEMA official said the windstorm damaged about 1,200 houses at … read more
The police have advised President Umaru Yar’Adua that it is not necessary to deploy soldiers in Ekiti for the Governorship rerun ballot on April 25. Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, gave an assurance in Abuja on Tuesday that the … read more
THE Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Michael Aondoaaka, on Tuesday said the United States had agreed to provide evidence linking eminent Nigerians with the Halliburton bribery scandal. The minister said this in Abuja, while inaugurating … read more
Kidnapping of people in exchange for ransome which is very prevalent in the South-south and South-eastern zones in the country has reared its ugly head in the northern part of the country as police confirmed that a Canadian university student … read more
A Canadian citizen was reported as missing and presumably kidnapped in Nigeria, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday. No details of the woman’s identity or the circumstances of her disappearance were given. A ministry spokesman said Canadian officials were … read more
ONE of the Commanders of the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), Commander Ogunbos, who led the squad that had a fierce gun battle with the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta during the Easter festivity at Igbomotoru … read more
Nigerian police are denying reports that they are using increasingly violent means, including torture and illegal killings in their fight against militants in the volatile Niger Delta region. Amnesty International reported Thursday it has seen an upsurge of disappearances and … read more
There was outrage yesterday over the Federal Government’s decision to probe the $180million Halliburton bribe. Lawyers led the condemnation of the government’s action, describing it as deceit. The Action Congress (AC), the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the … read more
Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan, is in a silent but intense political battle with two Governors on the appointments of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Chairman and Managing Director (MD). The struggle is code named ‘Abuja versus Home Front’ or ‘Aso … read more
Militant leader Ogunbos, yesterday denied that any of his men was killed in the shoot out with the military at Igbomotoro in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, saying instead, a soldier was the only casualty. Ogunbos, who … read more