Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

Lebanese hostage was freed – police

(Reuters) – A Lebanese man who was abducted on Feb. 28 in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta was freed three days later, police said on Thursday without giving any details on the terms of his release. A friend of the … read more

Jonathan Proffers Solution to Hostage-taking

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential running mate and Bayelsa Governor, Goodluck Jonathan, has suggested urgent industrialisation as a means of stemming the tide of hostage- taking in Niger Delta. Jonathan said this yesterday in Abeokuta, during electioneering campaign before the … read more

Presidency bars airlines from flying Atiku

THE Atiku Campaign Organisation has alleged that the Federal Government has been intimidating commercial airlines to deny Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Action Congress (AC) the use of their aircraft for campaign-related trips. According to a press statement by … read more

U.S. report queries Nigeria’s rights record

THE United States government has expressed dissatisfaction with the ongoing political party process in Nigeria, particularly the seeming zero-tolerance of the federal executive to opposition groups. The President George W. Bush administration is also worried by the procedure through which … read more

Hostage Released

Information revealed that Mr Wilson Halera, a Fillipino that was kidnapped along Owerri Airport on 6 Feb 07 has been rescued by soldiers at Buguma on 7 Mar 07 at about 8:30pm. He was said to have been moved immediately … read more

Frontrunner ‘will stand’

Nigeria’s ruling party presidential contender, Umaru Yar’Adua, 55, says he is well enough to run in April’s polls. Speaking to the BBC from Germany, where he was flown for a medical check-up, he scotched speculation that he was unfit to … read more

Arik Air denies aircraft grounding

Arik Air on Wednesday denied that its Fokker 50 aircraft was grounded for violating Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority regulations. According to a statement by the airline�s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr. Gbemiga Ogunleye, the Aircraft in question was a replacement … read more