Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) has explained why Rivers State has remained the focus of its violent attacks. The state was the theatre of the five-day ‘Oil war’ declared by the group following what it alleged was attacks … read more
Voting was underway in Nigeria’s commercial centre Lagos Saturday to elect chairmen and councillors for 57 local government and council development areas, officials said. “Voting started at 8:00 am (0700 GMT) in the morning and will end at 4:00 pm … read more
A senior official from Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta pleaded not guilty on Thursday to embezzling $40 million in public funds, in a corruption case being closely watched by militants in the restive region. Ezebunwo Nyeson Wike, chief of staff to … read more
Lagos State Government yesterday announced restriction of movements tomorrow, (Saturday) between the hours of 8.00am and 4.00pm throughout the state. This is comimg as President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and the Federal Government were advised against following the footstep of former … read more
THE Commander of the Joint Task Force, JTF, code-named Operation Restore Hope, Brig-General Wuyep Rimtip yesterday said there was no truth in the rumour making the rounds that Northern soldiers had been deployed to kill Southerners in the Niger Delta … read more
Indications that the collaborative efforts of the Nigerian Maritime Admibnistration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), and the Nigerian Navy, in the fight against pirates and armed robbery at sea is not working have been substantiated by the continuous attacks on fishing … read more
Police have raided a private hospital in Nigeria where they suspect new-born babies were being sold to traffickers. Police found the hospital in the south-eastern town of Enugu, when a 17-year-old girl escaped. Four people – two nurses and the … read more
Angered by the reports of another scourge of looting of the treasury of Rivers State government by loyalists, Nigeria’s main rebel group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has threatened anarchy in the state if all those … read more
Nigeria is winning its fight against militants and criminals in its oil-producing Niger Delta but social and economic conditions must also be improved to solve the problem, a regional governor said on Wednesday. Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi has taken … read more
An oil service company worker who was kidnapped in Nigeria’s main oil city of Port Harcourt last month, Mr. Bertrand Ajoku, has been released unharmed, a military spokesman said. According to Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, spokesman for the military task force … read more