Two people were shot dead in northern Nigeria on Sunday in clashes over over a delay in the release of party primary election results, police said. A police officer sustained machete cuts in the incident in the Toro council area … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua has reportedly made a passionate appeal to militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta to lay down their weapons and give peace a chance. This comes after Nigerians called for an end to the violence in the … read more
Angola may over take Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa�s leading oil producer, in the next few years, Business Day has gathered. Already, an internal progress report drafted in January by a committee set up by President Umaru Yar�Adua to reform Nigeria�s energy … read more
Peace moves in the Niger Delta suffered another setback as armed militants struck in the early hours of yesterday , kidnapping Margaret, wife of Chief Humphrey Idisi, Managing Director and Chief Executive of an indigenous drilling company, Lonestar Drilling from … read more
Fresh tension has gripped communities in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State as the operatives of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta combed the area in search of their missing rifles. Findings by our correspondent on … read more
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, (MEND) has warned oil companies working along the coastal region of Nigeria to be ready for war, just as it said the military was not in a position to protect them. MEND … read more
A Former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, was last Wednesday quizzed by the State Security Service over alleged threats to security in the state. Investigations by our correspondent revealed that Odili arrived the SSS headquarters in Abuja at … read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Saturday said that it was intensifying its manhunt for Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello who has been on the run since last Wednesday. It said that the embattled senator could not run forever, adding that … read more
The Federal Government has pencilled in a former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Kofi Annan, to chair the proposed Niger Delta summit. Already, the Presidency has contacted the international diplomat for the assignment. Sunday Punch gathered that the Vice-President, … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is due back to the country on Tuesday having completed his treatment of an undisclosed ailment at a Wiesbaden Hospital in Germany. He left Nigeria last Monday after assenting to this year�s Appropriation Act at the … read more