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Cameroon rebels free 10 hostages

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

JTF threatens to fight militants

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

Gunmen kill Coca-Cola manager in Lagos

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

Militants threaten violence if attacked

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

JTF Repels Attack on Soku

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

Leadership Apologises to Yar’Adua over Report

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