Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

Nigeria�s Year of the absurd

The year 2006 must go down in recent history as Nigeria�s year of extreme excesses, the year in which all absurd things took the centre stage. It was a year in which tragedy masqueraded as comedy, the one year that … read more

Hostages begin new year in creek

The four expatriate oil workers held hostage by the Niger Delta militants since December 7, are starting the new year with the armed men in the creek. The expatriates were kidnapped at the terminal of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company … read more

Agip shuts in 50,000bpd

The current crisis in the oil-rich Niger Delta has cost Italian oil giant, ENI Group, some 50,000 barrels of its daily production in Nigeria. The Vice-Chairman/Managing Director of the Italian firm�s Nigerian subsidiary, Agip Oil Company, Mr. Antonio Panza, told … read more

Lagos okays joint police, military patrol

LAGOS State Governor, Bola Tinubu, has said as part of efforts to curb rising crime wave, particularly the killing of notable citizens in the state, President Olusegun Obasanjo had approved a joint military-police patrol of the state. Tinubu disclosed this … read more

MEND Relocates Hostages

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has relocated the four hostages, three Italians and one Lebanese they abducted weeks ago to another location deeper into the creeks and vowed to cut them off from any form … read more

Inside the militants colony

Undercover reporter EMMANUEL MAYAH travels through the maze of creeks of the Niger Delta to unveil the other side of the war between militant groups and government soldiers. It was 4.38am in Egbema- Aghalabri in the Niger Delta creeks. Elsewhere … read more