An overzealous State Security Service operative on Friday beat up an elderly photo journalist with the Tribune newspaper, Mr. Tunde Babajide, at the installation ceremony of Iyalode, Chief Aminat Abiodun, in Ibadan. His ordeal was to continue in the hands … read more
battle line appears drawn between residents of the waterfronts and the Rivers state government over the latter�s insistence on demolishing and relocating the residents in Oroigwe Community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The Port Harcourt aborigines, who … read more
MILITANT youths in the Niger Delta plan to launch fresh attacks on oil facilities in the region. The United States (U.S) embassy in Abuja which raised the alarm in a security notice yesterday said it had received information that Movement … read more
Gunmen in oil-rich southern Nigeria have seized the 70-year-old mother of a federal lawmaker, family and police sources said on Saturday. “It is true. I have received the news, but the kidnappers are yet to make any contact with us,” … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND says it will extend its bombing campaigns beyond the creeks of the region to other parts of the country if the Federal Government �accedes to the military�s request to raid militant … read more
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There were indications on Thursday that investigators from the British Police had arrived in Nigeria to continue their investigation of the former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, over allegation of money laundering. The outcome of the investigations in … read more
The international human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch, has called on the Federal Government to investigate the roles of top political figures in Nigeria in fomenting political violence in their territories. The body specifically mentioned the Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, … read more
Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Houston, Texas, gave an insight into the federal government�s road map for managing the crisis in the Niger Delta. He said President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua had authorised the release of all funds due the Niger … read more
U.S. Embassy Abuja U.S. Consulate General LAGOS NIGERIA October 19, 2007 Warden Message The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has received information that the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), an armed militant group located in the Niger … read more