Fears of reprisals have prevented residents from providing police with information on Islamist sect members blamed for a series of recent attacks in northern Nigeria, police said Monday. Police in Borno, the northern state that was the centre of an … read more
It was widely believed that the amnesty programme instituted by the late President Umar Musa Yar’Adua in 2008 in which all former militant leaders and their army of supporters in the Niger Delta were granted free pardon would bring lasting … read more
The Federal Government is to phase out chloroquine use for malaria treatment at the end the year, the health minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu, announced in Abuja on Monday. Mr. Chukwu made the announcement at the launch of the Affordable Medicine Facility … read more
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers wing of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), yesterday, embarked on a nation-wide warning strike to protest what they term the “indiscriminate victimisation” of their workers by soldiers and the “mysterious” disappearance … read more
AN OIL rig worker taken hostage has vowed to continue working abroad – but says he will never return to Nigeria. Patrick Weber was kidnapped and held for nine days after Nigerian militants stormed an oil rig and took him … read more
Following the resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta region and the successes recorded so far in the on-going rehabilitation and the reintegration of former Niger Delta militants, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr. Timi Alaibe said … read more
AGGRIEVED ex-militants, under the aegis of the Niger-Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, led by “General” John Togo, who breached the 2009 amnesty agreement they signed with the Federal Government by returning to the creeks, mid-November, have now agreed to a cessation … read more
Man Quizzed Over Landing At Port Harcourt Airport With Guns A 68-year-old Nigerian, who arrived the Port Harcourt airport aboard a Lufthansa aircraft from Germany, was detained and interrogated for being in possession of two double barrel guns, Assistant Comptroller … read more
The United States of America will not interfere with the electoral process in Nigeria, but will only advice on how to conduct credible elections in 2011 general elections, deputy assistant secretary for Africa on public diplomacy, Bruce Wharton has said. … read more
A surge of violence in Nigeria’s delta region is threatening output in Africa’s biggest oil producer and may thwart President Goodluck Jonathan’s ambition to win next year’s election. A year after thousands of fighters laid down their arms under a … read more