Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

Julius Berger set to resume at Eleme

CONSTRUCTION giant, Julius Berger is set to resume work on its projects in some areas of the Niger Delta. At the end of a meeting between governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and officials of the German firm yesterday the … read more

Five foreigners on hijacked vessel

Two Britons, two South Africans and a Ukrainian were on board an oil supply vessel which was hijacked in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta on Tuesday, private security sources said on Wednesday. (Advertisement) One security contractor said unidentified gunmen attacked the … read more

New ministry for Niger Delta

President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua yesterday stepped up ongoing moves to revamp the machinery of his government with the restructuring of the federal ministries under which a Ministry of Niger Delta has emerged. Also, Aviation, Transport, Works, Housing and Urban Development, … read more

Buhari asks President to disclose illness

The Federal Government should declare the true health status of President Umaru Yar�adua as demanded by the public because it is a national issue, former Head of State retired General Muhammadu Buhari has said. Yar�adua reportedly underwent medical checkup in … read more

SSS plans workshop to address kidnapping

Mr. Abdullahi Shinkafi, Imo Director, State Security Service, (SSS) yesterday said he had packaged a two-day workshop to address the incessant case of kidnapping in the state. Shinkafi, who made this known to newsmen in Owerri, said he was worried … read more

Police rescue abducted council chief

THE police have rescued the Port Harcourt City Local Council Chairman, Mr. Azubuike Nmerokini, from gunmen who abducted him late Tuesday night. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Rita Inoma-Abbey, who confirmed the incident, said the son of the … read more

American Filmmaker Deported

Andrew Berends, an American filmmaker who was arrested last week and accused of spying, was deported by Nigeria on Tuesday, he said. Mr. Berends had been working on a documentary about militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta when he was … read more