Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo is expected to be subpoena Tuesday to testify in the treason trial of Henry Okah, leader of the militant group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). Attorneys for the former rebel MEND … read more
Reuters) – Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua called on Monday for a global clampdown on the theft and smuggling of crude oil, an international trade which is fuelling unrest in the country’s southern Niger Delta. Yar’Adua, in Tokyo at a summit … read more
Nigerian prosecutors brought additional charges against alleged militant leader Henry Okah, prompting protests by defense lawyers, a court official said. Salisu Aliyu, the director of public prosecutions, presented a new list of 62 charges of treason, terrorism and gun-running, seven … read more
Nigeria has cancelled three lucrative oil concessions awarded to two Indian firms during a controversial round of bids last year, the independent This Day newspaper said Monday. The paper quoted a letter by senior oil official Sadiq Mahmoud as saying … read more
Nigeria�s energy crisis may further worsen as indications have emerged that the price of diesel � on which the economy is heavily dependent � may soon hit N200 per litre. The pump price currently hovers around N150 and N160 in … read more
Community leaders in Nigeria�s restive oil-rich Niger Delta have unanimously rejected a government-proposed summit aimed at resolving the military crisis in the region. The leaders claimed they have lost confidence in the government�s lack of political will to resolve the … read more
Hundreds of soldiers involved in violent protests in Akure, Ondo State on Friday are on the verge of being penalised as the Nigerian Army said on Sunday that they would face a court martial. Already, a board of inquiry has … read more
The Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), whose activities in Ogoniland in Rivers State have been in abeyance for the past 15 years, thus prompting the Federal Government to announce early June this year, its impending exit from … read more
Nigeria is currently running the risk of a total collapse of the electricity system. Our correspondent gathered on Sunday that the national power grid had suffered 30 instances of total system collapse since January 1 to date. A total system … read more
THE uproar over the appointment of Professor Ibrahim Gambari as steering committee chairman of the planned Niger Delta summit has compelled the Presidency to begin a search for his replacement, The Guardian learnt last night. A source said the outcry … read more