Equatorial Guinean authorities have deported 23 Nigerians over an alleged involvement in the coup to overthrow President Omar Bongo in February. The 23 Nigerians came aboard an Aero Contractors aircraft and narrated the trauma they underwent while in prison since … read more
Nigeria on Wednesday set up a panel to probe a multi-million dollar cash-for-contract scandal embroiling US giant Halliburton and reportedly implicating three former presidents, the justice minister said. “Pursuant to the determination of the administration of President Umaru Yar’Adua to … read more
Operatives of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) codenamed ‘Operation Restore Hope’ have deployed three gunboats to Nembe creeks, Bayelsa state, in search of militants who attacked an oil platform belonging to Shell, killing two naval ratings and injuring four … read more
The face-off between men of the Nigerian Armed Forces and militants operating along the creeks and waterways of the Niger Delta continued yesterday. Three naval ratings on guard duties at Shell Petro-leum Development Company (SPDC) facility at Nembe, Bayelsa state, … read more
Royal Dutch oil gian Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has been fined N1 million over failure to clean up oil spill sites in which resulted in an inferno that destroy some part of Perema-biri community, in southern Ijaw Local government … read more
The main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta warned on Wednesday of more clashes with the military and said it had moved two British hostages “out of harm’s way” in anticipation of unrest. “The Movement for the Emancipation of … read more
A 44-year-old Italian man abducted in Nigeria on April 6 has been released, the Italian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The man, Giuseppe Canova, was “unharmed” a ministry statement said, without adding further details on the release. The ministry said it … read more
IBE Liberated Movement of Niger Delta has told Governor Adams Oshiom-hole of Edo State to expect more attacks in the state if Ijaw indigenes are not included in political positions in the state. The group, which claimed responsibility for the … read more
The Nigerian army Monday said it traded shots with militants near a Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) oil facility in the Niger Delta’s Nembe Creek. Earlier in the day, Shell Petroleum Development Co., or SDPC, the Nigerian unit of Royal … read more
A group of professionals committed to empowering Niger Delta indigenes, especially in the area of human capital development and skill acquisition, has called on President Umaru Yar’Adua to take issues of reported arms build up in Bakassi area of the … read more