A maritime watchdog group is calling the coastline of Nigeria the most dangerous in the world. The UN agency, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), says pirate attacks have increased from four in 2003 to 107 last year. Another group, the … read more
The leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujaheedeen Asari-Dokubo, on Thursday alleged that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili plotted the killing of a former Deputy National Chairman (South) of … read more
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria on Thursday reaffirmed its stance that it would resist any plan to increase the price of petroleum products. The ASCSN General Secretary, Mr. Solomon Onaghinon,told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos … read more
NIGERIA has interest in the headship of the UN Human Rights Council, the country�s Ambassador to Switzerland, Dr Martin Uhomoibhi, said yesterday in Geneva. �This month, it is Africa�s slot to present the Presidency of the council, and Nigeria has … read more
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)has faulted the recent decision of the Federal Government to demand a refund of about $1.9billion from it and ExxobMobil subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria (EEPN)over the execution of two deepwater projects in Nigeria. President … read more
As Angola is set to have a prolonged reign as Africa�s prime oil producer given the intractable nature of Nigeria�s Niger Delta crisis, the Federal Government should be wary of a replication of the change in status in the gas … read more
SON of the late Chief Marshall Sokari Harry, Inye, yesterday told the Rivers State Truth and Reconciliation Commission that his father�s death in Abuja was masterminded by former Governor Peter Odili and former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He also named the … read more
The United States Amba-ssador to Nigeria, Ms. Robin Renee Sanders, has said the preoccupation of her country in the Niger Delta region is to offer humanitarian intervention, education and promotion of dialogue as a way of affecting the oil-producing communities … read more
Barely two months to the August 18, 2008 date for Nigeria�s pull-out from the remaining parts of Bakassi Peninsula, there are fears of a possible showdown between Nigeria and the Republic of Cameroon following reprisals from the gendarmes after recent … read more
A Nigerian court adjourned on Tuesday the secret trial of a leading oil militant to July 7 after his lawyers argued they had not been provided with documents needed to prepare his defence, court sources said. Henry Okah, the suspected … read more