FIVE people were in the early hours of Wednesday severely injured, as a building collapsed on the Lagos Island, less than 12 days after some people lost their lives in a similar incident in the state. Property worth millions of … read more
PRESIDENT Umaru Yar’Adua left Nigeria on Wednesday afternoon for Italy to attend the meeting of G-8, the world’s eight largest economies. The president, who had not travelled outside for sometime now, would be at the meeting as an observer/monitor since … read more
In a statement issued this morning, MEND claim to have taken out more pieplines belonging to Shell and Agip. The incidents have not been confirmed at this time. See below for their e-mail in full. From: Jomo Gbomo Sent: 08 … read more
Nigeria’s military said on Tuesday it arrested three men suspected to be planning an attack near oil facilities in the Niger Delta. Colonel Rabe Abubakar, spokesman for the military task force, said the men were arrested early Tuesday while carrying … read more
A Nigerian government amnesty offer to Niger Delta militants will not end the insurgence in the oil hub until concerns of injustice and under-development are tackled, activists and analysts warned. Violence in the southern oil-producing hub of the world’s eight … read more
President Umaru Yar’Adua, on Tuesday received the Brazilian football legend, Edson Arantes De Nascimeto, popularly known as Pele, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, with a pledge to implement a comprehensives ports development programme in the country. Pele was part of … read more
The Federal Government on Tuesday took a cursory look at the crisis in the Niger Delta region of the country and said it portends grave danger to Nigeria’s democracy. It has, therefore, called for military assistance from its former colonial … read more
The Movement for the emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has stepped up its anti-government campaign to target a new gas project. In the latest rounds of MEND’s attacks, the movement threatened foreign oil financiers to abandon efforts made to … read more
The trial of top Nigerian oil militant Henry Okah for gun-running and treason continued on Friday despite President Umaru Yar’Adua’s order that a top government official meet with him and offer him amnesty. Yar’Adua last week offered a 60-day amnesty … read more
Nigeria’s state-run oil firm NNPC said on Friday it will create a new gas company to regulate the disbursement of supplies to domestic and export markets. The Strategic Aggregator Company (SA), a limited liability firm, will initially be led by … read more