Chronic gang warfare will return to Nigeria’s oil-producing south unless President Umaru Yar’Adua brings to justice local politicians who have fuelled the unrest, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. Gangs behind kidnappings, oil theft and other violent crime in the … read more
Ahead the arraignment of the detained leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Mr. Henry Okah, and one Edward Attata for treason before a Federal high court, Abuja, indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government is … read more
The union representing office and managerial staff in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector called off its proposed nationwide strike Friday. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, or Pengassan, said the decision followed a meeting in Abuja … read more
As the council election holds in Rivers State today, it�s obvious that the battle is between leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari and the state governor, Rotmi Amaechi. Dokubo-Asari revealed yesterday plans to checkmate the ruling … read more
The police in Lagos on Friday arrested a 45-year-old man, Sunday Taiwo, with six decomposing human heads and male genitals. The police also arrested another man, Abayomi Simeon, with 13 bags Indian hemp and 20 pieces of electronic gadget including … read more
IT was not in her wildest imagination that one day, she would put to birth in the bush. And in the hands of hoodlums for that matter. Even when she was whisked away from her home last week, Mrs. Stanley … read more
The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of Aids, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, on Wednesday said 61 per cent of Nigerians newly infected with HIV/AIDS were women and young girls. He said the situation called for massive mobilisation of … read more
Strike worries roil Nigeria oil Published: March 27, 2008 at 12:24 PM Print story Email to a friend Font size:By CARMEN GENTILE UPI Energy Correspondent Strike talks continue in Nigeria as a potential labor walkout threatens to cripple a petroleum … read more
Twenty-two-year-old son of the Deputy Speaker, Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Binadomene Binabo, has been kidnapped by suspected gunmen. Binadomene, a 200-Level undergraduate of the state-owned Niger Delta University, was kidnapped in the early hours of Thursday. The gunmen, according … read more
From Borokiri to Rumuokoro, there is one common feature that makes Port Harcourt what it is: the place is gradually carving a niche for itself as Nigeria�s garbage city. Things are even getting worse with the activities of militants, who … read more