(Reuters) – The number of new polio infections in Nigeria has soared by more than 240 percent this year as a large number of children in the north have not been fully immunised, a World Health Organisation official said on … read more
Nigeria’s navy has increased patrols in the oil-rich Niger Delta region to curb attacks by militants, said Rear-Admiral Bodunrin Raji. The patrols have resulted in fewer incidents of crude theft in the region, Raji, the commander of the Nigerian navy … read more
Reuters) – Two Nigerian soldiers were wounded on Friday after militants attempted to hijack their gunboat in the strategic waters of the oil-rich Niger Delta, security and industry sources said. Gunmen with apparent links to the main militant group MEND … read more
Reuters) – A Nigerian court has denied bail to the suspected leader of the main militant group in the oil-producing Niger Delta, defence lawyers said on Friday. Henry Okah is believed to be the leader of the Movement for the … read more
Powerful Nigerian politicians are seeking to derail attempts to fight high-level corruption by weakening the main anti-graft agency and hounding Nuhu Ribadu, its former head, officials within the unit have warned. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity for … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua has ordered an investigation into allegations that the Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ambassador Sam Edem, spent N1billion to secure the services of a sorcerer to employ spiritual means to enable him secure … read more
GOVERNOR Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State says the Niger Delta struggle, as it is presently being prosecuted, is not ideological and the militants are breaking the laws of the country by carrying arms. Governor Amaechi who delivered the keynote addresss … read more
Inspector General of Police (IG), Mike Okiro, on Thursday held a closed doors meeting with German Ambassador to Nigeria, Joachim Schmillen, to discuss issues relating to the threat issued by Niger Delta militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of Niger … read more
THE National In stitute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS), Kuru, Plateau State, reacted yesterday to the demotion of former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who is undergoing a course at the institute, … read more
Global energy watchdog, the International Energy Agency (IEA)has said that Nigeria remained the biggest and seemingly unending source of problem for oil supply and surge in prices of the commodity. The incessant attacks on oil installations in Nigeria, the Paris-based … read more