Cases of violence on Saturday marred the fresh governorship poll held in Kogi State in spite of tight security. There were incidents of arson, thugs hijacking election materials and allegations of compromise by some law enforcement agents in some places. … read more
AZUKA, the wife of the Leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Henry Okah, has warned that the incarceration of her husband was capable of escalating the protracted crisis in the region She said his current … read more
Federal Government has threatened to increase fines on energy companies that continue to release natural gas into the air when producing oil, the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Odein Ajumogobia (SAN), has said. �We certainly will increase the penalty … read more
The World Bank and International Finance Corporation have ranked Nigeria among the top 20 emerging markets in the world. Nigeria is ranked alongside South Africa, Morocco and Egypt from the Africa continent. The Deputy Director/Special Assistant to the Director General, … read more
Chronic gang warfare will return to Nigeria’s oil-producing south unless President Umaru Yar’Adua brings to justice local politicians who have fuelled the unrest, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. Gangs behind kidnappings, oil theft and other violent crime in the … read more
Ahead the arraignment of the detained leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Mr. Henry Okah, and one Edward Attata for treason before a Federal high court, Abuja, indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government is … read more
The union representing office and managerial staff in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector called off its proposed nationwide strike Friday. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, or Pengassan, said the decision followed a meeting in Abuja … read more
As the council election holds in Rivers State today, it�s obvious that the battle is between leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari and the state governor, Rotmi Amaechi. Dokubo-Asari revealed yesterday plans to checkmate the ruling … read more
The police in Lagos on Friday arrested a 45-year-old man, Sunday Taiwo, with six decomposing human heads and male genitals. The police also arrested another man, Abayomi Simeon, with 13 bags Indian hemp and 20 pieces of electronic gadget including … read more
IT was not in her wildest imagination that one day, she would put to birth in the bush. And in the hands of hoodlums for that matter. Even when she was whisked away from her home last week, Mrs. Stanley … read more