Militants under the aegis of Coalition for Militant Action (COMA) have vowed to blow up the over N60 billion Omoku gas turbine should anti-corruption agencies in the country fail to arrest Governor Peter Odili of Rivers State after may 29, … read more
Eight Filipinos and three South Koreans seized by armed men in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern region said in a telephone message aired Sunday that they were being beaten up and deprived of food. We are in the forest, there is no … read more
Gunmen struck again in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Saturday night, taking away a Russian woman married to a Nigerian. The woman, whose name was given as Irina, is married to an Akwa Ibom man, Ekpo Umo. Eyewitnesses … read more
Villagers with sticks and machetes staged a protest at a major U.S-operated oil production facility in Nigeria on Monday, forcing it to halt output as a precaution, security sources said. It was the latest in a string of attacks on … read more
Abductors of a Belarusian woman in Nigeria have demanded $1.2 million for her release, a Russian embassy official in the oil-rich African state said Monday. The woman, who is married to a Nigerian and is a senior manager with the … read more
Intense pressures are mounting at present on Vice president Atiku Abubakar who is still in the United Kingdom to drop the idea of heading to the election tribunal to challenge the results of the April 21 presidential election which gave … read more
Eight Filipinos and three South Koreans seized by armed men in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern region said in a telephone message aired Sunday that they were being beaten up and deprived of food. “We are in the forest, there is no … read more
THIS year�s Universities Matriculation Examination (UME) held throughout the country yesterday was marred by malpractices with Police arresting many candidates using mobile phones to cheat. A candidate was also apprehended when she was being assisted by her mother from home. … read more
Nigerian elections slammed as deeply flawed are deepening voter cynicism about corruption and contributing to intensified violence from gunmen targeting the oil industry, analysts say. The vote rigging and violence that characterized last month’s polls in Africa’s largest oil producer … read more
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a Russian woman in southern Nigeria’s oil capital Port Harcourt, the local police chief said Sunday The woman, who works for a catering company, was abducted on Saturday around 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) on Port Harcourt’s … read more