Nigerian police are denying reports that they are using increasingly violent means, including torture and illegal killings in their fight against militants in the volatile Niger Delta region. Amnesty International reported Thursday it has seen an upsurge of disappearances and … read more
There was outrage yesterday over the Federal Government’s decision to probe the $180million Halliburton bribe. Lawyers led the condemnation of the government’s action, describing it as deceit. The Action Congress (AC), the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the … read more
Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan, is in a silent but intense political battle with two Governors on the appointments of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Chairman and Managing Director (MD). The struggle is code named ‘Abuja versus Home Front’ or ‘Aso … read more
Militant leader Ogunbos, yesterday denied that any of his men was killed in the shoot out with the military at Igbomotoro in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, saying instead, a soldier was the only casualty. Ogunbos, who … read more
Equatorial Guinean authorities have deported 23 Nigerians over an alleged involvement in the coup to overthrow President Omar Bongo in February. The 23 Nigerians came aboard an Aero Contractors aircraft and narrated the trauma they underwent while in prison since … read more
Nigeria on Wednesday set up a panel to probe a multi-million dollar cash-for-contract scandal embroiling US giant Halliburton and reportedly implicating three former presidents, the justice minister said. “Pursuant to the determination of the administration of President Umaru Yar’Adua to … read more
Operatives of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) codenamed ‘Operation Restore Hope’ have deployed three gunboats to Nembe creeks, Bayelsa state, in search of militants who attacked an oil platform belonging to Shell, killing two naval ratings and injuring four … read more
The face-off between men of the Nigerian Armed Forces and militants operating along the creeks and waterways of the Niger Delta continued yesterday. Three naval ratings on guard duties at Shell Petro-leum Development Company (SPDC) facility at Nembe, Bayelsa state, … read more
Royal Dutch oil gian Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has been fined N1 million over failure to clean up oil spill sites in which resulted in an inferno that destroy some part of Perema-biri community, in southern Ijaw Local government … read more
The main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta warned on Wednesday of more clashes with the military and said it had moved two British hostages “out of harm’s way” in anticipation of unrest. “The Movement for the Emancipation of … read more