Ten mainly French oil workers who were kidnapped and threatened with death by rebels in Cameroon were released safe and sound late Tuesday after being held for 12 days. The seven French nationals, one Tunisian and two Cameroonians, workers for … read more
The Joint Military Task Force in Rivers on Tuesday said it was now prepared to fight militants should they continue to attack its locations. The spokesman for the task force, Lt.-Col. Musa Sagir, at a press conference organised by the … read more
An Appeal Court sitting in Nigeria’s Mid-western Edo state Tuesday ruled that fiery ex-labour leader Adams Oshiomhole is the duly elected governor of the state, ending almost two years of legal battle on the governorship election held on 14 April … read more
A SEVEN-MAN gang, smashed by the police in Lagos yesterday, has recounted how its members shot dead, a Coca-Cola Bottling Company manager in the Mafoluku area of the state on Sunday. The victim, 37-year-old Adedapo Owolabi Adesanya, a father of … read more
The Nigerian Commun-ications Satellite (NigComSat), which was launched into orbit over 18 months ago, is said to be missing. THISDAY gathered last night that with the satellite missing from orbit, the huge amount spent by the Nigerian government, about N40 … read more
Nigeria’s most prominent militant group threatened on Monday to end a unilateral ceasefire and renew attacks against the oil sector in the delta if the military attacks its camps. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said … read more
A member of the rebel group which seized 10 mostly French hostages from an oil vessel off the coast of the Bakassi region last month has said the captives are “healthy and unshackled.” “They are fine. In good health. Nobody … read more
Joint Military Task Force in Rivers State spared the country what would have been the biggest loss in the oil and gas sector yesterday, when it repelled an attack on Soku, the country’s oil and gas nerve-centre, by unidentified militants, … read more
The Joint Task Force code-named ‘Operation Restore Hope’ in the Niger Delta has placed its troops on red alert, particularly in Bayelsa and Rivers states following last weekend’s clashes. The task force was attacked at Clough Creek in Ekeremor Local … read more
The Leadership Weekend has apologised to President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and members of his family for the report published by the newspaper weekend. The newspaper had in its Saturday publication with the headline “Yar’Adua Sick Again” reported that the President … read more