LEADER of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo gained his freedom last week after twenty months and twenty five days in detention. In this interview with journalists in Port-Harcourt, he spoke extensively on his prison experience and … read more
The nation may be heading for total darkness any time from now as workers at Kainji and Shiroro dams are set to join the ongoing industrial action. An official close to operations at both dams said if the Federal Government … read more
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria said it had taken steps to ensure the safety of lives and properties at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos as the nationwide workers� strike enters the third day on Friday (today). Speaking with … read more
AT the close of the second day of the on-going strike called by Labour to protest Federal Government policies yesterday, international airlines, which operate flights in Nigeria, began counting their losses. With the strike, the airlines, particularly European carriers, now … read more
Following the nationwide strike, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday withdrew key staff of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) from oilfields and export terminals. The Congress, which spared oil production and exports yesterday, being the first day of the indefinite … read more
As the nation witnessed another round of industrial action called by the Nigeria Labour Congress, armed hoodlums yesterday took to major areas in Lagos metropolis to prevent people from going about freely. At the end, no fewer than five soldiers … read more
The sad episode that led to the massacre and the sacking of Odi community in 1999 is set to repeat itself as the Nigerian Army is set to lay siege to Ogboinbiri community where 12 soldiers were killed on Sunday. … read more
President Umaru Yar�Adua, on Wednesday, said he would soon summon governors of the nine Niger Delta states to the State House over the implementation of the Niger Delta Master Plan. The modalities for the budgeting and coordination of the master … read more
(AP) _ Troops attacked and overran a Nigerian oil facility Thursday where gunmen were holding some two dozen workers and soldiers hostage, leaving a dozen of the gunmen dead, the military said. � The attack came after midnight at the … read more
Nigeria’s trade unions say they are going ahead with Wednesday’s general strike despite government concessions. The Nigeria Labour Congress (Nlc) say they are sticking to their demands for a scrapping of increases in fuel prices and value-added tax. They also … read more