Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

Atiku seeks FBI aid to return home

Agents of the elite American security agency, the Federal Investigation Bureau, FBI, will escort Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to Nigeria when he returns to the country on Friday. A team of attorneys is also on stand-by in the event the government … read more

Ogoni Resist SPDC Moves

The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has appealed to leaders of K-Dere community to allow its technical team to properly secure the wellheads to prevent any danger to lives and property. The SPDC fire team had on January 13, extinguished … read more

Elections may be shifted to August

INDICATIONS have emerged that the National Assembly may consider shifting the general election from April to August. Lawmakers who were at the National Assembly on Monday were seen in groups discussing the possibility of the planned postponement. A few of … read more

MEND threatens more attacks

THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), which has held three Italians and one Lebanese oil worker hostage for a month, threatened yesterday to resume attacks on oil facilities this month and seize more captives. �We are … read more

Nigerian Democracy Endangered

United States National Intelligence Director, Mr. John Negroponte, has said that the survival of democracy in Nigeria is being threatened by neglect and corruption. Negroponte yesterday made the comment in assessing Nigeria’s ability to transfer power from President Olusegun Obasanjo … read more

Ijaw group decries Chevron’s neglect

The Ijaw National Human Rights Organisation (INHRO) has lamented what it described as the long neglect of Ijaw communities by Chevron Oil Company in spite of its vast interest on their territory. The group particularly decried the non-challant attitude of … read more