Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has ruled out the hiring of foreign conflict resolution experts as an option towards arresting the worrisome security situation in the Niger-Delta. Uduaghan, who stated this yesterday during his maiden press conference at the Government … read more
Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, agreed to accept a bribe in the form of a percentage in order to assist United States Congressman, William Jefferson, secure a business deal in Nigeria, according to the US Grand Jury report which indicted … read more
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who has been in the United States of America where he is recuperating from a knee injury he sustained while working out in his house, would be back in the country on June 14, 2007. … read more
The fuel scarcity being experienced in some parts of the country is expected to end today as petroleum tanker drivers have agreed to call off their strike and begin the lifting of petroleum products. Rising from a meeting convened by … read more
The Nigerian Navy has impounded and handed over to the police, six ships allegedly used by bunkerers to scoop petroleum products from Nigeria�s facilities in the Lagos area. The Chief Staff Officer of the Western Naval Command, in Lagos, Commodore … read more
The leader of an acclaimed militant group in Rivers State, the Niger Delta Vigilante Movement, Ateke Tom, said his group would cease armed struggle for 90 days to observe Federal Gover-nment’s seriousness towards enhancing the development of the Niger Delta. … read more
Traders of the Mile One market in Port Harcourt have been directed to vacate the market from yesterday to enable the contractors to move into the site for commencement of work. Rivers state governor Celestine Omehia stated this weekend in … read more
Shell Petroleum Development Company, said on Monday that it had restored output at its crude gathering point at the Bomu Manifold in Rivers State, which supplies the Bonny Export Terminal. Output is �back to normal level,� London-based Shell spokeswoman, Eurwen … read more
One of the armed militant groups in Bayelsa State which penultimate weekend seized ten oil workers from a vessel lying pipelines off the Atlantic coast of Sangana in the Brass Local Government Area of the state has raised alarm over … read more
Nigeria has filed charges against the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, accusing it of carrying out improper trials for an anti-meningitis drug. The government is seeking $7bn (�3.5bn) in damages for the families of children who allegedly died or suffered side-effects after … read more