A Nigerian naval officer kidnapped during an attack on a patrol boat in the oil-producing Niger Delta has been found dead, the commander of armed forces in the region said on Tuesday. Gunmen in seven speedboats attacked the patrol boat … read more
An end to the lingering fuel scarcity in Lagos State and other parts of the country may not be near, as vessles carrying petroleum products could not discharge at the Atlas Cove, Mosimi, due to pipelines vandalisation, which has affected … read more
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said it did not relieve Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of his job, but rather it was the vice-president who abandoned his office. This is contained in a counter-affidavit filed by the counsel to the Federal Government, … read more
The fuel scarcity, which resurfaced in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has refused to go away, barely two weeks after Christmas and the New Year. Findings by our correspondent revealed that most filling stations in the capital had been … read more
Hopes of early release of the five Chinese workers abducted last Friday by Niger Delta militants dimmed on Tuesday, as their captors remained adamant and unwilling to negotiate the release of the men with the government officials. A source, who … read more
An unidentified armed group kidnapped nine South Korean construction workers and a local person in Nigeria on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said. The group was abducted early Wednesday morning, a Foreign Ministry official said on customary condition of anonymity. South … read more
Militants armed with guns and dynamite invaded an oil services base in Bayelsa state in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta on Wednesday and kidnapped nine South Korean workers and one Nigerian. The gunmen came in six boats to the riverside … read more
The command headquarters of militants in the Niger Delta, under the aegis of the Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), as well as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), have denied any involvement in the recent abduction of … read more
The Federal Government said yesterday that in 2006, the nation lost an estimated N570 billion in revenue due to protracted crisis in the Niger Delta region, which also affected the federal budget by N216 billion. Making this disclosure in Abuja … read more
The rationing of petrol to allow for even distribution of products has led to increase in queues at the filling stations, which was made worse by another pipeline vandalisation near Ijegun, a suburb of Lagos in the early hours of … read more