As President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua concludes travel plans to jet out to London this week for talks with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Gordon Brown, on bilateral matters, the United Kingdom Government has offered �to help the Nigerian government fight … read more
BRITISH Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has been told to issue a clarifying statement before July 15 on recent utterance bordering on the Niger Delta that was credited to him. Making this call yesterday, a coalition of Niger Delta ethnic nationalities, … read more
THE strike action embarked upon by oil workers under the aegis of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, to protest the bad state of roads in the country, high prices of diesel and petrol as well as … read more
Imagine a time when cheaper and cleaner fuel will flow seamlessly into most homes and factories. What a delight for people, businesses and country that will be, you would say. This ideal is indeed the standard in many countries where … read more
A key ally of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo should never hold public office again, the Senate says. An investigation found 32bn naira ($217m, �138m) is missing from the accounts of the Federal Capital Territory which runs the capital Abuja. … read more
A new twist to the crude oil bunkering saga in the Niger Delta was recorded yesterday, when the military Joint Task Force (JTF) responsible for enforcing peace in the region apprehended and arrested 15 Filipinos who were trying to escape … read more
A British newspaper, the Independent on Friday reported that Prime Minister Gordon Brown�s government was considering options on his offer of military aid to Nigeria to deal with the crisis in the Niger Delta. Speaking on Wednesday at the end … read more
Reuters) – Gunmen kidnapped two Germans near the Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt on Friday, blowing their armoured vehicle off the road with dynamite and killing a soldier, security sources said. The two employees of construction firm Julius Berger … read more
Nigeria�s main rebel group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) says it has been approached by a militant group in Scotland for logistics support to wage guerrilla warfare in Scotland against British interest. The un-named Scottish … read more
THE Federal Government has raised the alarm over possible attacks on national infrastructure, directing service chiefs and ministers to take preventive and protective steps. In a confidential memo issued from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the … read more