The Niger Delta peace process may have have been reinforced with leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, brokering a three-month ceasefire agreement with militant groups in the area as well as warlord in the Rivers … read more
The Federal Government through the Accident and Investigation Bureau (AIB) is set to take the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) also known as the black box recovered from the crashed Beechcraft 1900D to the Air … read more
It was a technological spectacle yesterday in Lagos, as the 18-storey Bank of Industry (BoI) Tower, was finally brought down through controlled demolition exercise that lasted only 11 seconds. The skyscraper, which was located on 67/71 Broad Street, in Lagos … read more
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged the Federal Government to invoke the relevant laws of the country against companies that enslave Nigerians through the practice of casualisation and contract staffing. The central labour organisation is also seeking appropriate sanctions … read more
AFTER one week of sustained attacks on oil facilities in Rivers State, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has announced a ceasefire following intervention by some Ijaw leaders in the Niger Delta. Meanwhile, the Joint Task … read more
Operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the early hours of Sunday recovered petroleum products suspected to be diesel, worth about N350 million, from illegal oil bunkerers in Warri, Delta State. Acting on a tip-off, the combined team of … read more
(AP) � Nigeria’s main militant group is declaring a ceasefire in the southern oil region after a week of stepped-up attacks on the military and oil infrastructure in Africa’s oil giant. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta … read more
Nigeria’s main militant group said Saturday its fighters destroyed another pipeline in the country’s restive southern oil region. ADVERTISEMENT The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said in a statement that it hit the pipeline run by the … read more
The suspected leader of Nigeria’s main militant group in the oil-producing Niger Delta has been taken to a hospital for medical treatment, a defence lawyer said on Friday. A trial court judge ordered state security officers to take Henry Okah, … read more
The National Broadcasting Commission, or NBC, in Nigeria Saturday lifted the suspension order on the operations of one of the country’s independent television stations, which was being punished for carrying a story purporting that President Umaru Yar’Adua would resign over … read more