Any moment from now, President Umaru Yar’Adua shall be travelling to Saudi Arabia again. He recently returned from the country where he had gone for medical check-up and allegedly performed Umrah, the lesser Hajj. This is coming on the heel … read more
ANOTHER twist has come into the controversial prosecution of former Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, for alleged money laundering in the United Kingdom, with the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Michael Aondoakaa (SAN) making … read more
A leading Nigerian lawyer and Niger Delta activist has appealed to militants to lay down their arm and pursue a legal option. The militants have waged violent attacks on Nigeria’s multi-billion-dollar oil and gas industry in a quest for a … read more
PRESIDENT Umaru Yar’Adua will not be attending the United Nations annual General Assembly and the Climate Change summits starting on Tuesday, September 22 in New York. The President turned down the respective invitation of US President, Barack Obama and the … read more
USERS of Internet services in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, want the National Assembly to enact a law that would spell out stringent guidelines to discourage communication companies from willfully exploiting Nigerians through poor service delivery. The call stems from the … read more
Today has been declared the Eid-el-Fitr day following the sighting of the moon in various cities across the country after 29 days of fasting by Muslims across the world. Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III announced this last … read more
The fear of arrest by the Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi if he decides to turn in his arms and accept the Federal Government’s amnesty may have contributed to Ateke Tom’s delay in accepting to surrender his weapons and embrace … read more
THE Federal Government may soon begin dialogue with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) following the militants’ declaration of additional 30 days of cease-fire. Spokesperson of the Inter-Agency Co-ordinating Committee on Amnesty, Dr. Timiebi Koripamo Agary, … read more
Nigeria’s premier polling agency, NOI/Gallup Polls has revealed that seven out of 10 people polled believe that the government is ill equipped to handle an outbreak of swine flu within the country should such arise. Numerous cases of the H1N1 … read more
From: Jomo Gbomo Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:02 AM To: Chief Oyibo Subject: Extension of Ceasefire The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is extending its unilateral ceasefire which expired midnight, September 15, 2009 by 30 … read more