One of the problems Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, is grappling with is traffic congestion. Bolaji Ogundele evaluates the effects of this problem and steps being taken to curb the trend. Some features specifically refer to some places in … read more
Attention all American citizens: The U.S. Government has learned that a militant Niger Delta group is reportedly planning to escalate its activities in regions beyond its previous primary target areas in the Delta. Possible targets could include expatriate personnel, Western … read more
TO steer Asarama community in Andoni local government area away from the path of crisis and violence, the Rivers state government has been urged to quickly stop Shell Petroleum Development Company from carrying out any operation in the area until … read more
Two Italians held hostage along with a Lebanese national for nearly 10 weeks in volatile southern Nigeria say they are in good health but bored, an Italian daily has reported. “Our health conditions are good,” wrote Cosma Russo, 55, in … read more
ROYAL DUTCH Shell, the energy giant, risks permanently losing some of its oil production in Nigeria amid growing anti-Western sentiment in the build-up to April�s presidential election. The two leading presidential candidates, Major General Muhammadu Buhari and Umar Musa Yar�Adua, … read more
A Nigerian leader apologized for the kidnapping of 24 Filipino seamen by members of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta in Nigeria last January 20 who had since been released, ABS-CBN reported. “I want to apologise on behalf … read more
Despite mounting pressure on the Federal Government to release the leader of the Niger Delta volunteer Force (NDVF), Asari Dokubo, the Governor of Delta state, James Ibori, said that justice must be allowed to take its natural course in the … read more
THE presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday alleged that the April elections would be marred by massive rigging. The former Head of State disclosed that even in some states, the results of the … read more
Uneasy calm now pervades the Bayelsa-Port Harcourt water routes with many riverine commuters now preferring to travel to Yenagoa from the Brass Island before proceeding by road to Port Harcourt following the continued disappearance of three youths from Oluasiri believed … read more
(CNN) — A Nigerian government spokesman on Monday accused CNN of paying for and staging a report that showed 24 Filipino hostages being held by masked gunmen in the remote mangrove swamps of southern Nigeria. “We have evidence that some … read more