Credible sources have disclosed that MEND and their affiliate militant groups in the Niger Delta have concluded plans to carry out a synchronized attack on major oil installations and military formations across the Niger Delta from midnight on September 3rd … read more
The Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF) Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo has disclaimed the reported threat for fresh attack by some militants in the Niger Delta, credited to his group. In an online statement originating from his … read more
There was confusion on Monday on the exact day that President Umaru Yar�Adua would return to Nigeria after 12 days of stay in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Yar�Adua�s trip to the oil-rich Kindom had been a subject of controversy. The Presidency … read more
ALLEGED losses suffered by banks through the stock market meltdown may have been a hoax afterall, following disclosure by the financial institutions in Lagos yesterday. Specifically, the banks explained that loans granted by them to stock-broking companies for margin trading … read more
A militant group with a camp in Bayelsa State, the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), yesterday joined in the battle of credibility ranging among militia groups in the region over the purportedly 30-day ultimatum issued by a faction of … read more
Like the classic humourist, Mark Twain, who had the distinction of reading his obituary while still alive, President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua yesterday described reports of his rumoured death as �grossly exaggerated�. The whole country had been awash with rumours of … read more
Muslims in Nigeria began a month-long fast on Sunday to mark Ramadan, the holy month of the Islamic calendar, their chief cleric said. The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Saad Abubakar, who is the spiritual leader of Nigeria’s 70 million-strong Muslim … read more
The newly appointed service Chiefs of Nigeria military yesterday took over duty from their predecessors, identifying discipline and the situation in the troubled Niger Delta as their main challenge . The new Army Chief of Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Abdulrahman … read more
THE much talked about man with 86 wives, Abubakar Bello, was on Thursday given a two-day ultimatum by Nupe Assembly to divorce 82 of them or leave Nupe land. The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, gave the order after a … read more
(Reuters) – Gunmen in Nigeria have demanded $12 million for the release of an Israeli expatriate kidnapped earlier this week at his home in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt, an Israeli embassy source said on Friday. Four gunmen … read more