A MEMBER of the Rivers State House of Assembly and four suspected kingpins of rival cult groups involved in the violence in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have been arrested by security operatives. The lawmaker’s (name withheld) arrest, according to a … read more
Anytime from now, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will invite bids for the sale of assets seized from the impeached Bayelsa State governor, Chief Diepriye Alamieyeseigha, THISDAY gathered that EFCC officials went into a discussion with some top … read more
THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has threatened renewed attacks on oil and gas installations within the area at the end of August due to perceived lack of genuine commitment on the part of government to … read more
LAST week�s shootings by rival gangs in Port Harcourt were only part of a grand plot to turn the entire Niger Delta into a theatre of war, Vanguard has learnt. Over 20 lives were lost in the six-day shootings. Fifteen … read more
A Syrian man who had been held hostage for a month and a half in Nigeria has died, his cousin said Monday. Hanna Daher told The Associated Press that he received a telephone call from the Syrian Embassy in Nigeria … read more
A MAJOR military crackdown has begun on the cult members who last week literally seized Port Harcourt, Rivers State, by the throat. In a raid, carried out in the wee hours of yesterday, officers of the Joint Task Force JTF … read more
AN expatriate abducted by militants in the Niger Delta has died moments after community leaders secured his release in Bayelsa State, weekend. The oil worker whose nationality and employers could not be immediately ascertained was said to have been kidnapped … read more
The Federal Government on Sunday read the Riot Act to Niger Delta militants, saying it would no longer condone violence in the region. The warning came as more soldiers were deployed in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where militants killed 15 … read more
The whereabouts of the kidnapped 11-year-old son of the only female member of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Mrs. Ruby Benjamin, remained unknown to security operatives five days after his abduction just as Bayelsans residing in the troubled Garden … read more
A major crisis loomed in the nation’s oil and gas industry yesterday as senior workers threatened to withdraw from the Niger Delta if the current spate of killings in the region continues. Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of … read more