The search for the bodies of soldiers killed last week along the Nembe Creeks at Obioku community in Bayelsa State may have yielded dividends. Yesterday, five yet- to-be-identified corpses were found floating along the Nembe Creeks, according to security sources. … read more
The Action Congress (AC) has said the agreement between Britain and Nigeria to set up a �security training force� to help battle the militants in the Niger Delta can only worsen the crisis in the oil region. In a statement … read more
A United States based organisation that helps the United Nations (UN) to uncover cases of human rights abuses worldwide, Benetech Initiative, has said that it will visit Nigeria to investigate likely cases of genocide and sundry rights abuses by government … read more
A Warri Chief Magistrate�s Court pre-sided over by Mrs. Eli B. Osemwenbie, on Monday, ordered that the 14 Filipinos arrested for illegal oil bunkering by the Joint Task Force code named Operation Restore Hope be remanded in prison custody. The … read more
Nigerians may not have heard the last of industry closures as many more are soon to go under if the Nigeria Gas Company (NGC), sole marketer of industrial gas in the country, goes ahead with its plan to increase the … read more
Chevron has finally agreed to sack 444 of its expatriate workers in Nigeria, 274 of whom would go by December 2009 and another 170 by January 2010, it was learnt at the weekend. The decision was reached at a meeting … read more
LAGOS (Reuters) – With oil prices at record highs, government coffers in the world’s eighth biggest oil exporter are swollen to unprecedented levels. Yet the vast majority of Nigeria’s 140 million people live in no better conditions than their neighbors … read more
The Vice-President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, will confer with President Umaru Yar�Adua, this week on the way forward for the Niger Delta. He is expected to brief the President on the position of governors of the Niger Delta states and other … read more
The Joint Task Force on the Niger Delta has reorganised its operations in Rivers State just as its naval component on Saturday rescued 32 passengers from a sinking boat along the Bonny Channel. Investigations from our correspondent showed that the … read more
(Reuters) – Nigeria’s main militant group in the oil-rich Niger Delta said on Sunday it would seek the release of two German construction workers kidnapped by armed gunmen more than a week ago. The Movement for the Emancipation of the … read more