A former chief executive of construction firm KBR Inc. pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal bribery charges in connection with the company’s natural gas operations in Nigeria from 1995 to 2004. The Justice Department said Albert “Jack” Stanley entered a guilty … read more
The Joint Military Task Force(JTF) has distanced itself from the recent detention of some journalists, community leaders from Iwhrekan and a term of Environmental Rights Action(ERA) members on a visit to Utorogun Gas Plant, in Ughelli South. The group were … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua will this morning continue his consultations with a team of doctors at the King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Saudi Arabia, to review results of the several tests he has had in the last few days, THISDAY … read more
SECURITY operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Flush Out III have arrested an American journalist and filmmaker, Andrew Berenbs and his Nigerian escort Samuel George, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The spokesman of the task force Lt.-Col. Sagir … read more
Credible sources have disclosed that MEND and their affiliate militant groups in the Niger Delta have concluded plans to carry out a synchronized attack on major oil installations and military formations across the Niger Delta from midnight on September 3rd … read more
The Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF) Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo has disclaimed the reported threat for fresh attack by some militants in the Niger Delta, credited to his group. In an online statement originating from his … read more
There was confusion on Monday on the exact day that President Umaru Yar�Adua would return to Nigeria after 12 days of stay in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Yar�Adua�s trip to the oil-rich Kindom had been a subject of controversy. The Presidency … read more
ALLEGED losses suffered by banks through the stock market meltdown may have been a hoax afterall, following disclosure by the financial institutions in Lagos yesterday. Specifically, the banks explained that loans granted by them to stock-broking companies for margin trading … read more
A militant group with a camp in Bayelsa State, the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), yesterday joined in the battle of credibility ranging among militia groups in the region over the purportedly 30-day ultimatum issued by a faction of … read more
Like the classic humourist, Mark Twain, who had the distinction of reading his obituary while still alive, President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua yesterday described reports of his rumoured death as �grossly exaggerated�. The whole country had been awash with rumours of … read more