RIVERS STATE is now a no-go area for all United Nations (UN) officials with families as diplomatic indications both at the UN and the United States suggesting deepening diplomatic anxiety over Nigeria’s troubled Niger Delta area and the Federal Government’s … read more
Community leaders and youths from Kokodiagbene and others affected by the August 2008 crude oil spill from the Otunana platform of Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) yesterday made good their threat to invade the facility. The action was carried out shortly … read more
IT was not a day of cheerful news for Northern Nigeria as it was declared on Monday to be the region with the highest number of children not atending school in the world. It was at the occasion of the … read more
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, has charged officials of the commission to make discipline, integrity and commitment to their fatherland their watchwords in the discharge of their duties. She gave the charge at … read more
MORE than one million Nigerians are blind and another 3.1 million are visually impaired, a national survey conducted by the Federal Ministry of Health has revealed. The survey also revealed that at least 75 per cent of such blindness is … read more
Militants in the Niger Delta region of the country have said that they would be holding on to three foreign hostages “because of security concerns,” even as they claimed to have released 19 Nigerian hostages in their custody. In a … read more
Kokodiagbene and other communities impacted by the August 17 crude oil spill from the Jacket 8D of Otunana and Abiteye flow stations of Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), have concluded plans to storm the facilities today, it was learnt yesterday. The … read more
The European Union is to open its first immigration centre outside Europe, in Mali’s capital, Bamako. Thousands of young West Africans try to make it into Europe illegally each year and many die on the way. The EU hopes the … read more
A military spokesman has said that he does not know the whereabouts of the Nigerian hostages whom the Niger Delta militants said were released on Sunday, raising concerns about their purported release. “As far as we are concerned, we have … read more
Kidnappers have released a British man seized in the Nigeria’s southern oil region, a military spokesman said. Lt Col Sagir Musa said no ransom was paid to secure the Briton’s release on Saturday morning. The man had been held captive … read more