Still battling threats of impeachment over the poor implementation of the budget by the House of Representatives, President Umaru Yar’Adua was yesterday asked to resign by the House, if he can no longer provide security to Nigerians. The House made … read more
Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) has warned that they will renege on the current 60-day ceasefire, if the Federal Government attempts to repair the pipelines they blew up before implementation of the amnesty. MEND also said they … read more
The main Nigerian militant group says it will release six hostages taken earlier this month from the chemical tanker Sichem Peace. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta says in a statement Tuesday that the tanker’s six crew … read more
British American Tobacco Nigeria and the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria on Tuesday expressed their opposition to a proposed anti-tobacco bill to be discussed in parliament. The bill seeks to ban smoking in public places and forbids persons under the age … read more
Norwegian company EMS Ship Management said on Wednesday that all six abducted members of its chemical/oil tanker Sichem Peace were safely released after spending 18 days in captivity in the Niger delta. The Sichem Peace was attacked on July 4 … read more
Nigerian security forces killed dozens of people after they were called in to deal with sectarian riots sparked by an election last year, a lobby group says. Human Rights Watch wants the officers involved in the violence, in the central … read more
Shell’s response to Amnesty International’s report Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta is disappointing In reaction to Amnesty International’s report of 30 June 2009, Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta, Shell has made a number of … read more
“The days of militancy in the Niger Delta region are over and gone for good,” President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua said in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, yesterday during his one-day state visit. He also told the people of the Niger Delta that … read more
The Federal Government and an official of the British Home Office have denied media reports that the UK government is to “build a £1 million jail” in Nigeria. Nigeria’s former Minister of Interior, Godwin Abbe, and a spokesperson of the … read more
Could it be that the Nigerian nation is on a collision course with insurgents in the Niger Delta or that the path to peace, which has for long eluded the restive region, is witnessing concurring sojourners? Whatever the answer, the … read more