THE alleged dumping of radioactive substances in Warri, Delta State by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, is a reminder of the need to intensify surveillance of our environment. Apart from SPDC, E Global Limited, Western Atlas and E.D. Wales have … read more
The young Nigerian rebels smoked marijuana, drank gin and shot into the night sky as they escorted two Italian hostages and this Reuters correspondent on speed boats back towards freedom. They steered defiantly past a brightly lit oil production plant … read more
A DAY after President Olusegun Obasanjo launched the Niger Delta Development Masterplan, the Federal Government yesterday met with officials of the United States (U.S.) and British governments on how to check the menace of hostage-taking in the region. The government … read more
One of the counsels to former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Dieprieye Alamieyieseigha, Mr. Alex Teru, has told a Federal High Court in Lagos that the embattled governor had applied for and secured a visa to travel to Dubai, United … read more
The Supreme Court, the nation�s apex court, will, today determine whether or not Vice President Atiku Abubakar will retain his seat despite his defection to the Action Congress (AC) In addition, the apex court will pronounce whether or not President … read more
The Nigerian Navy has said it is targeting 1,000 candidates in the next recruitment exercise beginning April 2, 2007 with the Niger Delta youths expected to top the list of applicants. The Director of Naval Information, Captain O. C. Medani, … read more
Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo has launched a Niger Delta development plan in an effort to ease widespread discontent in the oil-rich country. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the new measures are meant to discourage militancy in the unruly … read more
The Buhari Presidential Campaign Committee has put in place anti-rigging machinery to ensure that all votes are duly counted at all polling stations during the forthcoming general elections. Coordinator of the Buhari Presidential Campaign Com-mittee, Barrister Sani Abbas, told newsmen … read more
Reuters) – Gunmen shot dead four policemen near the Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt, police said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of worsening security in the oil producing Niger Delta ahead of elections next month. The officers were … read more
More than 90 people were burnt to death yesterday in a fire incident caused by petrol, which spilled from a tanker in an accident in Gadoko Local government Area of Kaduna State. The victims of the fire incident were said … read more