The country�s security may be threatened with the discovery that four containers of explosives allegedly imported from Germany had disappeared in transit. It was learnt that five of the six containers received were tampered with, while some quantities were found … read more
Job, water and power top the list of priorities, which Nigerians want governments at all levels in the country to focus on in the next 12 months, according to a poll conducted by NOI Polls in conjunction with Gallup. NOI … read more
Security agencies and Delta State Government were in a dilemma on Thursday as the whereabouts of four Americans abducted in the state on Tuesday night, could not be ascertained almost 48 hours after the incident. Also, the management of the … read more
More than a year since they began their armed campaign in Nigeria’s volatile Niger Delta, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) remains a shadowy and faceless group. If they had hoped to mend the region, which … read more
Oil prices rose on Thursday despite a United States report showing that stocks of gasoline, crude and distillate fuels all rose, as markets worried about violence in Nigeria, Africa�s largest producer and a leading supplier to the US. Light, sweet … read more
Gunmen jumped from a minibus in Nigeria’s southern oil center and killed two police officers Thursday in the latest violence to strike the petroleum-producing region, officials said. The attack in the city of Port Harcourt took place near the offices … read more
Nigerian militant group MEND said on Wednesday it had instructed armed groups in the Niger Delta to unleash a month of “mayhem” to press its case for more autonomy in the oil-producing region. Militants have staged 10 attacks on Western … read more
Protesting workers of Nigerian Agip Oil Company on Wednesday barricaded the entrance of the company�s head office in Port Harcourt to press home demand for improved welfare. The workers, who began a strike last Monday, also vowed to sustain the … read more
Security has been primed and vigilance raised a notch to contain fall-outs of the elections, following fears of instability after May 29. A huge intelligence operation that would herald a security clampdown is underway to identify and keep in sight … read more
In the oil rich Niger Delta impoverished youth organize themselves into associations in the hope of gaining strength through numbers. Some have also taken up arms but Prince Wegwu, head of the youth association in the village of Mbodo Aluu, … read more