Newly released Nigerian militant leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari hopes to reunite splintered armed groups in the oil-producing Niger Delta around his radical agenda for independence, he told Reuters on Friday. In an interview hours after his release on bail, Asari distanced … read more
All twelve Indian hostages have been freed in Nigeria – they were seized by merceneries on June 1 in the oil city of Port Harcourt. Seven of them are employees of the Indonesia based firm Indorama and the others are … read more
Speculations were rife, yesterday over last minute moves by the organized labour to commence a nationwide strike from Monday next week if the Federal Government failed to listen to the call made by concerned Nigerians over the recent increase in … read more
TRAGEDY struck at Achohol Village near Aliade Town in Benue State yesterday morning as a Mercedes Benz 1414 bus conveying Mobile Policemen from Port Harcourt, Rivers State collided with a 911 truck, killing 27 of the officers and three civilians. … read more
The Movement of the Niger Delta People which claimed responsibility for taking the Schlumberger workers hostage has while hailing the release on bail of Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo said the stage was now set for negotiations on the release of … read more
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the release of the Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujaheedeen Asari-Dokubo, on health grounds. His release on bail came barely a week after some governors in the … read more
Ahead of planned nationwide strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday in protest of the recent hike in the pump price of premium motor spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol, from N65 to N75 per litre and the sale … read more
Nigerian pilots and engineers working with Aerocontractor Airlines on Wednesday, embarked on strike that left hundreds of its passengers across the nation stranded. The workers were protesting what they described as the management�s preferential treatment of expatriates to the detriment … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua has directed the governors of Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers states to ensure early return of the oil multinationals to their shut facilities in their states. Yar�Adua reportedly told Governor Timipre Silva-Sam of Bayelsa State, Dr. Emmanuel … read more
Nigerian troops killed eight suspected militants near an Italian-operated oil field in the Niger delta, authorities said on Wednesday. The killings in Bayelsa state on Tuesday came days after militant groups released 19 hostages as part of a nascent peace … read more