A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday ordered the Federal Government to allow relatives, doctors and lawyers access to the detained leaders of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta ( MEND), Henry Okah and Edward … read more
Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan has come under pressure from his Ijaw kinsmen to facilitate the release or trial of the detained leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Mr. Henry Okah. The intense pressure on Jonathan to … read more
The controversy trailing the revocation of the sale of Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) and its mobile subsidiary, Mobile Telecommunication Limited (M-Tel) to Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) was yesterday laid to rest with the federal government and the management … read more
United States of America Naval personnel arrived the country on Thursday, to begin a one-week training of its Nigerian counterparts as well men of the Nigeria Air Force. Already three US Naval officers, Tom Garner, Gavry Ulrich, and a lady … read more
The Police authorities on Thursday in Abuja said that the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Mr. Henry Okah, was being investigated for plotting to overthrow some governments in West Africa and theft of weapons, … read more
The ward and local government congresses of the Peoples Democratic Party started on a shaky note in Delta State on Thursday as members of the congress monitoring committee deployed in the state by the national headquarters of the party were … read more
THE presidential election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja has fixed next Tuesday for judgment in the petitions filed by General Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, challenging the election of President Umaru Yar�Adua. Buhari, candidate of the All Nigeria … read more
Leader of the NigerDelta People Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Asari Dokubo, has condemned the use of violence, hostage taking and guns in the struggle for resource control and urged the people to embrace dialogue. Dokubo spoke at Agbarha-Otor in Ughelli North … read more
Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Owoye Azazi, on Wednesday directed the Commander of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Maj.-Gen Lawrence Ngubane, to beef up security around oil workers and strategic oil locations in the Niger Delta. A … read more
Hopes of early repairs of the Escravos/Warri Trunkline might have been truncated as the Igbokodo-Urhobo community allegedly demanded the payment of N40m before allowing the contractor handling the work to gain access to the site. A reliable source told our … read more