The outgoing British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Richard Gozney, on Wednesday, said that the British Government only demands a total cooperation from the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mike Aondoakaa (SAN). He added that this … read more
Updated at 12:45hrs More from Eni “The attack occurred today at dawn some 85 km off Nigerian coast. Attackers managed to climb aboard the FPSO Mystras and seized six workers, whose nationalities are Polish, Filipino and Nigerian. Another Nigerian worker … read more
(Reuters) – Gunmen kidnapped six workers from an Italian oil production facility off the coast of Nigeria on Friday, forcing Italy’s ENI to halt production of 50,000 barrels per day, authorities said. It was the second kidnapping from an offshore … read more
Police in the Netherlands say they have cracked a crime ring which allegedly trafficked Nigerian children into the West to work as sex slaves. At least 19 people were arrested in the Netherlands and five other countries including the US … read more
After over four weeks of confusion and stalemate in the House of Representatives over how to handle the report of the Hon. David Idoko panel on the controversial renovation contract, the Speaker, Hon. Patricia Etteh, who has been recalcitrant all … read more
Anglo-Dutch, oil giant, Shell Plc, and French firm, Total SA, said on Wednesday that they had not been contacted about a possible renegotiation of oil contracts in Nigeria Both companies were reacting to Federal Government�s warnings on Tuesday of sweeping … read more
The Senate has concluded arrangements to dialogue with Niger-Delta militants and their leaders, to discuss problems of the region. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Information, Senator Ayogu Eze, said this after a closed session yesterday in Abuja … read more
President Umaru Yar�Adua on Wednesday said that the crisis in the House of Representatives could only help to deepen democracy in the country, as against the fears that it was capable of truncating it. The President, in a reaction to … read more
Reuters) – Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday nullified the election in the oil-producing Niger Delta state of Rivers, the third major indictment of April’s vote this month. The elections were meant to be a democratic milestone for Africa’s most populous … read more
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday granted the American-Nigerian, Judith Asuni and Danjuma Saidu standing trial for alleged espionage bail but with a condition that none of them should move near the Niger-Delta region during the pendency of … read more