Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

Yar�adua orders end to fuel scarcity

Worried by the current fuel scarcity across the country, President Umaru Musa Yar�adua yesterday ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to speed up their inspection of … read more

Ateke Tom Spits Fire

Worried by the consistent threats by Gov. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, the Governor of Rivers state to get him arrested and prosecute him for his past atrocities, the leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante Movement (NDVM) Ateke Tom, has replied the … read more

FG Slams 47 Charges against MEND Leader

The Federal Government has prepared 47 charges bordering on treasonable felonies against Mr. Henry Okah, the detained leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the group believed to be behind the militancy in the country�s … read more

Abducted Oil Workers Released

Five Express /Shebah Oil Company workers held hostage since Sunday by youths of Awoye Community, have been released. They were late Wednesday, handed over to the State Deputy Governor, Otunba Omolade Oluwateru, by Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, … read more

Nigeria heading for revolution�

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday disagreed with the former Minister of Defence, Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, over the calls for revolution as the solution to the subversion of the nation�s democratic process. … read more

Obasanjo Will Go Back To Jail, Tinubu Predicts

Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, says former President Olusegun Obasanjo should return to the gulag, given the revelations about the power sector being unearthed by lawmakers. The House of Representatives Power and Steel Committee is probing how the Obasanjo … read more

AG Writes Navy over Missing $5m Barges

The Federal Government has ordered a probe into circumstances surrounding missing barges in the custody of the Nigerian navy in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Managing Director, Soljas Nigeria Limited, a Port Harcourt based maritime company, Chief Jasper Ako, had after … read more

Henry Okah�s trial begins today

HENRY Okah, one of the leaders of militant groups in the Niger Delta area, will appear in court today to be formally charged with treason, one of his lawyers said on Wednesday. Okah is the suspected leader of the Movement … read more