THE apexpan-Ijaw social cultural organization, the Ijaw National Congress (INC) and the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) say they will hold the Federal Government responsible should any harm befall the detained leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger … read more
THERE are indications that supporters of President Umaru Yar�Adua are now gripped by fear ahead of Tuesday�s judgment by the presidential election tribunal in Abuja. Some chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) including two key cabinet members had converged … read more
A nephew of former Governor Peter Odili, Mr. Celestine Odili, was on Sunday abducted by gunmen on Ada George Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It was gathered that Celestine, who had served as Personal Assistant to both Dr. Odili … read more
A representative of the dominant Ijaw ethnic group in the oil-rich Niger Delta called Saturday for the creation of two additional Ijaw states within the Nigerian federation. “We want two additional states to give us adequate representation in the country,” … read more
A tribunal in Nigeria has annulled the election of the president of the senate, David Mark. Mr Mark was chosen as a senator for Benue state in last April’s disputed elections, but now a local tribunal has ordered a re-run … read more
Royal Dutch Shell is set to complete the sale of its share in two offshore oil licences in Nigeria to a local firm that beat off a rival bid by China�s biggest offshore producer. Executives of Oando, Nigeria�s largest domestic … read more
The decision by President Yar’Adua to nominate Justice Ogebe, the chairman of the presidential election petition tribunal, as a Supreme Court judge, less than a week to the tribunal’s ruling has drawn the ire of the opposition. Will it affect … read more
Both the Ijaw National Congress and the Ijaw Youth Council on Saturday threatened to hold the Federal Government responsible should anything happen to the detained leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, (MEND) in detention. This … read more
A Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday vacated the interim order it earlier gave on January 31 2008, restraining the federal government or its agencies from effecting the relocation of Virgin Nigeria from the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed … read more
The Divisional Manager (Public Affairs) of Nigeria Agip Oil Company, Mr. Naaman Dienye, who was abducted while going to work in Port Harcourt last Wednesday, has been freed. A gang of unidentified gunmen had waylaid Dienye along Ada George Road … read more