The former Chief of Defence Staff, General Martin Luther Agwai, on Friday said the nation’s military was capable of overrunning the Niger Delta but for its reluctance to shed the blood of innocent people. He also said the reluctance of … read more
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency has given 15 ex-governors wanted for corruption until the end of Friday to turn themselves in or face arrest. Five of the former governors have already been quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), an … read more
Umbrella militant body for most of the armed groups in the Niger Delta, the Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), has warned that hostages seized from Schlumberger compound on June 2, 2007, would not be released unless their leader, Alhaji Mujahid Asari … read more
Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), has said vandals operating in the Niger Delta have afflicted 25 breakages on the Escravos-Warri pipeline, which conveys crude oil to the Warri and Kaduna refineries. Its Managing Director, Mr Sulaiman Achimugu, at the … read more
The Federal Government may allow the naira to appreciate about two per cent against the dollar this year to help contain inflation. An economist with the Standard Chartered Bank, Razia Khan, who disclosed this in notes to clients, on Thursday, … read more
THE commander of the Niger-Delta Freedom Fighters (NDFF), aka Egbema One, which kidnapped the four American oil workers of Global Industries, an oil servicing company to the Chevron Nigeria Limited on May 8 in Delta state spoke to Saturday Vanguard … read more
This advice has been reviewed and reissued with amendments to the Summary and Terrorism section (British nationals advised to leave Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States, including Port Harcourt). The overall level of the advice has not changed. We advise against … read more
Gunmen late Friday kidnapped a Lebanese man in Nigeria’s southern oil city of Port Harcourt, police said Felix Ogbuadu, Rivers state police commissioner, said that the man abducted was Mohammed Ibrahim, a manager with Modant Marine, a shipyard service company … read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday said that it would soon embark on a long and total industrial action. It, therefore, advised Nigerians to start stockpiling essential items like food and make bank transactions from Friday (tomorrow). The congress had … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua has demanded an undertaking from Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan and other leaders of the Niger Delta region before he can release the detained leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujarheedin Asari-Dokubo. Our correspondent learnt … read more