Six Russian hostages were freed in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta on Tuesday after two months in captivity, a state government spokesman said. The six, including one woman, were abducted on June 3 from the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), … read more
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has ordered the suspension of a multi-million dollar contract awarded by his predecessor Olusegun Obasanjo. The 18bn naira ($145m) contract to build health clinics across the country was awarded to a company believed to be owned … read more
Arik Air has ordered for 15 new aircraft from Boeing at the cost of $1.7 which will be manufactured and supplied to the airline between 2008 and 2010. The managing director of the airline, Michael McTighe disclosed this yesterday during … read more
The Federal Government on Tuesday made a U-turn on its decision to whittle down the powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to prosecute people found to be involved … read more
(AP) _ Kidnappers released one British and one Bulgarian hostage in Nigeria’s fractious southern oil region on Wednesday, while the young son of a local legislator was seized in a separate incident, officials said. Gunmen snatched the two foreign workers … read more
Seventeen suspected hostage-takers have been arrested by the police. The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro, who made this known at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, neither disclosed the identities of the hostage-takers nor when they were … read more
Leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF), Alhaji Mujaheed Asari Dokubo, has handed down two major conditions to President Umaru Yar�Adua for sustainable peace to reign in the volatile Niger Delta region. He wants the president to immediately convene … read more
Four persons were feared dead and scores of others injured on Monday in cult related clashes in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Sporadic shooting was reported in several parts of the Garden City. The affected areas include Aggrey Road, … read more
IJAW oil producing communities in Warri South-West local government area of Delta State are at loggerheads over the ownership of oil wells in Ogbe-Ijoh kingdom While the Ogbe-Ijoh community said the oil wells belong to the kingdom, the Kantu community … read more
In his first two months in office, Nigeria’s shy, aristocratic new president has faced a nationwide strike, violence in the country’s oil region and accusations that he’s too timid for the job. But these challenges pale compared with the country’s … read more