WORRIED by the Federal Government’s alleged refusal to increase workers’ salaries as demanded during the May Day celebration, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday threatened to confront the President Umaru Yar’Adua led-government to obtain a significant wage increase. The … read more
In an unprecedented move, Nigerian journalists have rejected the country’s new Minister of Information and Communication, Prof. Dora Akunyili, saying her deployment to the ministry is ”ill-advised and smacks of the usual disdain with which politicians perceive the media”. The … read more
Two men formerly employed by Willbros International, a subsidiary of Houston-operated engineering and construction company Willbros Group, have been charged in connection with conspiracy to pay $6 million in bribes to government officials in Nigeria and Ecuador, the U.S. Department … read more
Nigerian police have accused eight foreigners of being Islamist fundamentalists, trying to incite violence through their sermons. The men, believed to be six Gambians and two Indians, were arrested at a mosque near the capital Abuja a week ago, police … read more
MOVEMENT for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) says it will only begin talks with the Federal Government on disarmament in the Niger-Delta only when the supposed leader, Henry Okah, who is standing trial for gun running and treasonable felony, is … read more
INTERNATIONAL Oil Companies (IOC) operating in Nigeria said yesterday that if cases of insecurity should continue in the oil and gas producing zones, they may be forced to stop the production and supply of gas, just as they urged the … read more
THE military authorities on Tuesday said they had uncovered not less than 300 illegal refineries created in the Niger Delta by the militants. They also disclosed that the refineries had been serving as sources of fund generation by the militants … read more
THE Joint Task Force (JTF) has accused militants in the Niger Delta of shifting to criminal activities like armed robbery and kidnapping and using them to terrorise the people in the region. The JTF claimed that following its blockade of … read more
MILITANTS in the oil-rich Delta State rose from a meeting, weekend, promising to lay down their arms and support the Power Projects to be embarked upon soon by the state government in partnership with private investors. Four power plants are … read more
COMMANDER of the military Joint Task Force (JTF), in-charge of Delta and Bayelsa states, Brigadier-General Nanven Wuyep Rimtip, says the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) has been hijacked by hostage takers, armed robbers and other criminals, but, the … read more