THE Commander of the Joint Task Force, JTF, code-named Operation Restore Hope, Brig-General Wuyep Rimtip yesterday said there was no truth in the rumour making the rounds that Northern soldiers had been deployed to kill Southerners in the Niger Delta … read more
Indications that the collaborative efforts of the Nigerian Maritime Admibnistration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), and the Nigerian Navy, in the fight against pirates and armed robbery at sea is not working have been substantiated by the continuous attacks on fishing … read more
Police have raided a private hospital in Nigeria where they suspect new-born babies were being sold to traffickers. Police found the hospital in the south-eastern town of Enugu, when a 17-year-old girl escaped. Four people – two nurses and the … read more
Angered by the reports of another scourge of looting of the treasury of Rivers State government by loyalists, Nigeria’s main rebel group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has threatened anarchy in the state if all those … read more
Nigeria is winning its fight against militants and criminals in its oil-producing Niger Delta but social and economic conditions must also be improved to solve the problem, a regional governor said on Wednesday. Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi has taken … read more
An oil service company worker who was kidnapped in Nigeria’s main oil city of Port Harcourt last month, Mr. Bertrand Ajoku, has been released unharmed, a military spokesman said. According to Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, spokesman for the military task force … read more
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State yesterday cut short his trip abroad to return to the country in order to take charge of the state following its problem with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission which detained two of its … read more
Less than two months after his administration willingly handed over Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroun, President Umaru Yar’Adua on Tuesday directed the National Boundary Commission to ensure the extension of Nigeria’s continental shelf. Yar’Adua said an expansion of the country’s borders … read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday in Abuja, detained the Secretary to the Rivers State Government (SSG), Chief Magnus Abe, and the Chief of Staff of state governor, Chief Nyeso Wike. According to the EFCC, they were detained … read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today detained the “wanted” Chief of Staff to Governor Rotimi Amaechi, Nyeso Wike, and the Secretary to the Rivers State government, Magnus Abbe. SaharaReporters had earlier reported that the troubled chief of staff … read more