(AP) � Nigeria’s main militant group is declaring a ceasefire in the southern oil region after a week of stepped-up attacks on the military and oil infrastructure in Africa’s oil giant. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta … read more
Nigeria’s main militant group said Saturday its fighters destroyed another pipeline in the country’s restive southern oil region. ADVERTISEMENT The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said in a statement that it hit the pipeline run by the … read more
The suspected leader of Nigeria’s main militant group in the oil-producing Niger Delta has been taken to a hospital for medical treatment, a defence lawyer said on Friday. A trial court judge ordered state security officers to take Henry Okah, … read more
The National Broadcasting Commission, or NBC, in Nigeria Saturday lifted the suspension order on the operations of one of the country’s independent television stations, which was being punished for carrying a story purporting that President Umaru Yar’Adua would resign over … read more
(IRIN) – Even by the usual violent standards of Nigeria’s conflict-ridden, oil-rich southern Niger Delta region, it has been a bloody seven days, with dozens of civilian casualties and many more wounded or displaced, according to local observers, in clashes … read more
Royal Dutch Shell said on Saturday it had declared a second force majeure on crude oil shipments from Nigeria following militant attacks in recent days on its facilities in the Niger Delta. (Advertisement) Shell last week extended a force majeure, … read more
The Nigerian Armed Forces will not be intimidated by militants operating in the Niger Delta to abdicate its responsibility to defend the country, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshall Paul Dike, has said. Dike said the military … read more
WORLD number one female tennis player, Serena Williams, who is also the reigning U.S. Open champion, and her sister, Venus, the reigning Wimbledon champion, will arrive in Nigeria on November 10 to begin a three-day tour aimed at promoting youth … read more
Security operatives yesterday arrested two more staff of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as the clampdown continued following the false report on Tuesday that President Umaru Yar�adua was planning to resign because of poor health. The latest arrests came … read more
Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, yesterday, in response to a letter from Counsel to Leader of Niger Delta Vigilante Movement, Mr Tom Ateke, said Ateke was not a wanted man. Ateke’s Counsel, Honourable Uche Onyeaguocha, had written to the … read more